HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080225890
Bassin de Knivån
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 2 administrative regions : Falun, Säter
Sub-basin area
384,9km²
Upstream area
1 906,4km²
Discharge
19,06m³/s
Mean elev.
183m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Svensjöbäcken181 km²
- Bassin de Hökviksån141 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 367.1 km²94.8% of basin
- 20.1 km²5.2% of basin
20 intersecting protected areas
Nature Reserve
3.99 km² overlap
2014144 Runns norra öar
IUCN IVNature Reserve
3.42 km² overlap
2051921 Björnöarna
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.79 km² overlap
2040940 Stabergs bergsmansgård
IUCN Not AssignedOthers
0.49 km² overlap
2002892 Rottnebyskogen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.41 km² overlap
2049618 Stabergs ö
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.39 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.31 km² overlap
2002518 Hyttnäs
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
SK 238-2000
IUCN IaHabitat Protection Area
0.07 km² overlap
11 more protected areassorted by overlap area
SK 19-2004
IUCN IVNature conservation agreement, Swedish Forest Agency
0.06 km² overlap
SK 326-2018
IUCN IaHabitat Protection Area
0.06 km² overlap
SK 1126-2002
IUCN IVNature conservation agreement, Swedish Forest Agency
0.04 km² overlap
SK 204-2018
IUCN IaHabitat Protection Area
0.03 km² overlap
2010927 Stämshöjen
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
SK 386-2005
IUCN IaHabitat Protection Area
0.02 km² overlap
SK 4-2010
IUCN IaHabitat Protection Area
0.02 km² overlap
SK 1073-2003
IUCN IVNature conservation agreement, Swedish Forest Agency
0.01 km² overlap
SK 20-2004
IUCN IVNature conservation agreement, Swedish Forest Agency
0.01 km² overlap
SK 565-2005
IUCN IaHabitat Protection Area
0.00 km² overlap
SK 99-2009
IUCN IVNature conservation agreement, Swedish Forest Agency
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 985 distinct species · 145 154 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Knivån : 25 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 95 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 15.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
4,4°C
Annual rain
632mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
339mm/an
PET
588mm
AET
448mm
Mean slope
3,7°
Water table
308cm
Forest
82%
Crops
0%
Urban
2%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)