HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080236640
Bassin de Nittälven
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 : Hällefors, Lindesberg, Ljusnarsberg, Ludvika
Sub-basin area
359km²
Upstream area
359,1km²
Discharge
3,73m³/s
Mean elev.
249m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 201.7 km²55.9% of basin
- 88.6 km²24.6% of basin
- 65.9 km²18.3% of basin
- 4.8 km²1.3% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Nittälven
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
19.42 km² overlap
2005663 Nittälven
IUCN IbNature Reserve
19.35 km² overlap
2003015 Kaljoxadalen
IUCN IbNature Reserve
5.97 km² overlap
2013349 Ställbergsmossen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
3.30 km² overlap
Ställbergsmossen
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
2.93 km² overlap
Ställbergsmossen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.93 km² overlap
Uttertjärnsberget
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.75 km² overlap
Uttertjärnsberget
IUCN IbNatura 2000 SCI
2.75 km² overlap
Römyren
IUCN IbNatura 2000 SCI
2.37 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Römyren
IUCN IbNatura 2000 SPA
2.37 km² overlap
Römyren
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.37 km² overlap
Römyren
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.37 km² overlap
2057921 Fulberget
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.30 km² overlap
2005635 Djupdalshöjden
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.66 km² overlap
2000021 Genstigsbrännan
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.43 km² overlap
Nittälvsbrännan
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.08 km² overlap
Nittälvsbrännan
IUCN IVNatura 2000 SCI
1.08 km² overlap
2000277 Nittälvsbrännan
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.08 km² overlap
Övre Nittälvsdalen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.84 km² overlap
2002846 Övre Nittälvsdalen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.84 km² overlap
Övre Nittälvsdalen
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
0.84 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.74 km² overlap
Salboknös
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.73 km² overlap
Salboknös
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
0.73 km² overlap
2002845 Salboknös
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.73 km² overlap
Nittenmossen, väst
IUCN IaNatura 2000 SCI
0.71 km² overlap
2014826 Nittenmossen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.71 km² overlap
Nittenmossen, väst
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.71 km² overlap
Nittenmossen-östra
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.38 km² overlap
2013350 Nittenmossen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.38 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 891 distinct species · 90 906 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Nittälven : 26 espèces reliées par 79 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.9%, 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°
4,5°C
Annual rain
723mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,19
Runoff
326mm/an
PET
583mm
AET
463mm
Mean slope
3,6°
Water table
324cm
Forest
94%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)