HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080223230
Bassin de Heggshuselva
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 4 administrative regions : Gjøvik, Ringsaker, Vestre Toten, Østre Toten
Sub-basin area
180,1km²
Upstream area
14 677,5km²
Discharge
247,16m³/s
Mean elev.
224m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Vismunda1440 km²
- Bassin de Hunnselva381 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 82.2 km²45.4% of basin
- 67.5 km²37.3% of basin
- 19.7 km²10.9% of basin
- 11.8 km²6.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Heggshuselva
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.29 km² overlap
Eriksrudtjernet
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.23 km² overlap
Kile
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.19 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 051 distinct species · 144 634 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Heggshuselva : 28 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 86 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
3,9°C
Annual rain
618mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,10
Runoff
475mm/an
PET
557mm
AET
435mm
Mean slope
3,6°
Water table
193cm
Forest
23%
Crops
0%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)