HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080226310
Bassin de Västerdalälven
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 3 administrative regions : Gagnef, Leksand, Vansbro
Sub-basin area
586,9km²
Upstream area
8 539,7km²
Discharge
131m³/s
Mean elev.
259m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Hulån637 km²
- Bassin de Äskan367 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 418.8 km²71.0% of basin
- 112.3 km²19.0% of basin
- 59.1 km²10.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
2045165 Sälsflotten
IUCN IaNature Reserve
5.31 km² overlap
Sälsflotten
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.09 km² overlap
Sälsflotten
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
5.09 km² overlap
Sångån
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.47 km² overlap
Sångån
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000 SCI
2.47 km² overlap
2046230 Tandflytta
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.73 km² overlap
2002112 Björbergshällan
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.34 km² overlap
Björbergshällan
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
1.34 km² overlap
Björbergshällan
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.34 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Nåskilen
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
1.15 km² overlap
2002523 Nåskilen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.15 km² overlap
Nåskilen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.15 km² overlap
2049780 Flomyran
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.12 km² overlap
2049659 Harpickön
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.09 km² overlap
2000952 Närsberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.74 km² overlap
Trolldalen
IUCN IIINatura 2000 SCI
0.65 km² overlap
2002054 Trolldalen
IUCN IIINature Reserve
0.65 km² overlap
Trolldalen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.65 km² overlap
Birtjärnsberget
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.58 km² overlap
Birtjärnsberget
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
0.58 km² overlap
2002072 Birtjärnsberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.58 km² overlap
Karls Knös
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
0.58 km² overlap
2002060 Karls knös
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.58 km² overlap
Karls Knös
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.58 km² overlap
Stormyrberget
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
0.51 km² overlap
Stormyrberget
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.51 km² overlap
2002070 Stormyrberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.51 km² overlap
Gråthålet
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
0.28 km² overlap
Gråthålet
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.28 km² overlap
2050438 Vålberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 982 distinct species · 71 777 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Västerdalälven : 22 espèces reliées par 79 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 13.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
4,1°C
Annual rain
698mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,18
Runoff
323mm/an
PET
572mm
AET
457mm
Mean slope
4,8°
Water table
298cm
Forest
95%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)