HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080244230
Bassin de Straumen
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 7 administrative regions : Bø, Drangedal, Kviteseid, Nome, Sauherad +2
Sub-basin area
713,9km²
Upstream area
3 626,6km²
Discharge
92,66m³/s
Mean elev.
312m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Dalaåi348 km²
- Bassin de Strauman244 km²
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 317.8 km²44.3% of basin
- 202.1 km²28.2% of basin
- 73.7 km²10.3% of basin
- 46.5 km²6.5% of basin
- 46.3 km²6.5% of basin
- 27.9 km²3.9% of basin
- 3.4 km²0.5% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Mørkvassjuvet
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
15.73 km² overlap
Mørkvassjuvet
IUCN IaNature Reserve
15.66 km² overlap
Brokefjell
IUCN IaNature Reserve
10.91 km² overlap
Linfjell og Sauås
IUCN IaNature Reserve
4.51 km² overlap
Gygrestolen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
3.88 km² overlap
Husefjell
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.93 km² overlap
Minnesjø
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.30 km² overlap
Fisketjønnjuvet
IUCN IaNature Reserve
2.05 km² overlap
Grytdalen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.42 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Svarteputt
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.86 km² overlap
Nomevatn
IUCN IVWildlife Conservation Area
0.72 km² overlap
Pindalen Øst
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.51 km² overlap
Meheia og Tiurleikåsen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.38 km² overlap
Langedalsfjellet
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.28 km² overlap
Asgjerdstigfjell
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.20 km² overlap
Trolldalsfjellet
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Holden gård
IUCN Not ReportedNatural Monument
0.08 km² overlap
Nedre Rønningkåsene
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.08 km² overlap
Ajertangen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Damtjern
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.01 km² overlap
Skultrevassåsen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Skultrevassåsen
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.01 km² overlap
Cappelenbruddet
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Tveithaugen
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Torsnes
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Simonsodden
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Strømodden
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Vesthagan
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Søvedalen
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Kåsene Nord
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 763 distinct species · 106 893 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Straumen : 31 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 102 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 13.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
4,7°C
Annual rain
833mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,39
Runoff
665mm/an
PET
506mm
AET
438mm
Mean slope
10,3°
Water table
473cm
Forest
92%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)