HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080268750
Bassin de Gauja
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Aluksne, Cesis, Gulbene, Taheva, Valka
Sub-basin area
1 115,8km²
Upstream area
2 594,6km²
Discharge
27,65m³/s
Mean elev.
122m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Gauja825 km²
- Bassin de Tirza654 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 391.8 km²34.9% of basin
- 357.6 km²31.9% of basin
- 277.8 km²24.8% of basin
- 91.8 km²8.2% of basin
- TahevaValga · Estonia2.5 km²0.2% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Ziemeļgauja
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
34.18 km² overlap
Ziemeļgauja
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
34.18 km² overlap
Ziemeļgauja
IUCN VProtected Landscape Area
34.17 km² overlap
Mežole
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
28.35 km² overlap
Mežole
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
28.35 km² overlap
Mežole
IUCN IVNature Reserve
28.35 km² overlap
Rauza
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.11 km² overlap
Rauza
IUCN IVNature Reserve
8.11 km² overlap
Sloku purvs
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.36 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Sloku purvs
IUCN IVNature Reserve
5.36 km² overlap
Šepka
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.57 km² overlap
Šepka
IUCN IVNature Reserve
3.57 km² overlap
Kadājs
IUCN IVNature Reserve
3.28 km² overlap
Kadāajs
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.28 km² overlap
Koiva-Mustjõe
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.99 km² overlap
Koiva-Mustjõe luha
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.99 km² overlap
Koiva-Mustjõe maastikukaitseala
IUCN Not AssignedProtected landscape (nature park)
2.99 km² overlap
Vidagas upes meži
IUCN IVNature Reserve
2.22 km² overlap
Managed conservation zone of protected landscape
1.54 km² overlap
Lielais purvs
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.50 km² overlap
Lielais purvs
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.50 km² overlap
Vidagas meži
IUCN IVMicro-reserve
1.30 km² overlap
Vidagas meži
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.30 km² overlap
Bērzoles riests
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.03 km² overlap
Bērzoles riests
IUCN IVMicro-reserve
1.03 km² overlap
Lepuru purvs
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.96 km² overlap
Lepuru purvs
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.96 km² overlap
Limited management zone of protected landscape
0.84 km² overlap
Mētru mežs
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.77 km² overlap
Mētru mežs
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.77 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 482 distinct species · 5 283 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Gauja : 27 espèces reliées par 98 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 14.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
5,0°C
Annual rain
664mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
320mm/an
PET
592mm
AET
462mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
75cm
Forest
56%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)