HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080251180
Bassin de Nidelva
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 : Gjerstad, Nissedal, Vegårshei, Åmli
Sub-basin area
264,1km²
Upstream area
2 631,1km²
Discharge
65,17m³/s
Mean elev.
346m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Revne1052 km²
- Bassin de Storstraum–Småstraumkanalen419 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 180.2 km²67.9% of basin
- 77.5 km²29.2% of basin
- 5.8 km²2.2% of basin
- 2.0 km²0.7% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Vardeheia
IUCN IaNature Reserve
12.16 km² overlap
Kjesfjell og Gaupenapen
IUCN IaNature Reserve
3.92 km² overlap
Berlifjell
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.18 km² overlap
Reismyr
IUCN IaNature Reserve
1.14 km² overlap
Rubbulifjellet
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.84 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 526 distinct species · 8 560 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Nidelva : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 80 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 9.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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°
4,9°C
Annual rain
1 019mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,54
Runoff
858mm/an
PET
473mm
AET
440mm
Mean slope
7,3°
Water table
342cm
Forest
96%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)