HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080251340
Bassin de Kääpa jõgi
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 11 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alatskivi, Jõgeva (commune), Kasepää, Pala, Palamuse +6
Sub-basin area
1 056,1km²
Upstream area
1 056,4km²
Discharge
8,24m³/s
Mean elev.
53m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
11 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- PeipsiPeipsi · Estonia339.1 km²31.9% of basin
- 221.6 km²20.9% of basin
- 152.8 km²14.4% of basin
- 94.2 km²8.9% of basin
- VaraTartu · Estonia71.9 km²6.8% of basin
- PalamuseJõgeva · Estonia47.8 km²4.5% of basin
- TabivereJõgeva · Estonia42.0 km²4.0% of basin
- 38.9 km²3.7% of basin
3 moreFull L2 list
- Water body30.0 km² · 2.8%
- Jõgeva (commune)14.5 km² · 1.4%
- Alatskivi9.0 km² · 0.8%
30 intersecting protected areas
Kääpa maastikukaitseala
IUCN Not AssignedProtected landscape (nature park)
22.96 km² overlap
Kääpa
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
22.96 km² overlap
Sahmeni
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
22.36 km² overlap
Sahmeni hoiuala
IUCN VILimited-conservation area
22.36 km² overlap
Kääpa MKA, Tammeluha pv.
IUCN VLimited management zone of protected landscape
13.36 km² overlap
Loode-Peipsi
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
9.21 km² overlap
Limited-conservation area
9.21 km² overlap
Välgi
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.62 km² overlap
Välgi looduskaitseala
IUCN Not AssignedNature reserve
7.62 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Padakõrve looduskaitseala
IUCN Not AssignedNature reserve
5.66 km² overlap
Padakõrve
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.66 km² overlap
Välgi LKA, Välgi skv.
IUCN IVManaged conservation zone of nature reserve
5.52 km² overlap
Tarakvere looduskaitseala
IUCN Not AssignedNature reserve
4.33 km² overlap
Managed conservation zone of nature reserve
4.33 km² overlap
Kääpa MKA, Kivinõmme skv.
IUCN IVManaged conservation zone of protected landscape
3.96 km² overlap
Padakõrve LKA, Kärgandi pv.
IUCN VILimited management zone of nature reserve
3.34 km² overlap
Kääpa MKA, Välgi pv.
IUCN VLimited management zone of protected landscape
2.66 km² overlap
Managed conservation zone of nature reserve
2.03 km² overlap
Kääpa MKA, Elistvere skv.
IUCN IbWilderness conservation zone of protected landscape
1.61 km² overlap
Saarjärve looduspark
IUCN Not AssignedProtected landscape (nature park)
1.59 km² overlap
Saarjärve
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.59 km² overlap
Välgi LKA, Mustametsa skv.
IUCN IVManaged conservation zone of nature reserve
1.54 km² overlap
Kääpa MKA, Sõõru skv.
IUCN IbWilderness conservation zone of protected landscape
1.26 km² overlap
Limited management zone of protected landscape
0.83 km² overlap
Välgi LKA, Alajõe skv.
IUCN IbWilderness conservation zone of nature reserve
0.56 km² overlap
Managed conservation zone of protected landscape
0.37 km² overlap
Saarjärve LP, Lustsaare skv.
IUCN IbWilderness conservation zone of protected landscape
0.24 km² overlap
Managed conservation zone of nature reserve
0.15 km² overlap
Wilderness conservation zone of nature reserve
0.15 km² overlap
VEP nr.140049
IUCN Not AssignedWoodland key habitat
0.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 427 distinct species · 47 051 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Kääpa jõgi : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 36 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
607mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,06
Runoff
251mm/an
PET
572mm
AET
438mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
62cm
Forest
25%
Crops
25%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)