HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080273470
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 4 administrative regions : Cesis, Gulbene, Madona, Valka
Sub-basin area
825km²
Upstream area
825km²
Discharge
9,25m³/s
Mean elev.
184m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 552.0 km²66.6% of basin
- 263.9 km²31.8% of basin
- 9.9 km²1.2% of basin
- 3.3 km²0.4% of basin
14 intersecting protected areas
Vecpiebalga
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.80 km² overlap
Vecpiebalga
IUCN VProtected Landscape Area
2.80 km² overlap
Vecpiebalga
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.80 km² overlap
Augštupītes meži
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.91 km² overlap
Priedes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.42 km² overlap
Priedes
IUCN IVMicro-reserve
0.42 km² overlap
Bērzu purvs
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.31 km² overlap
Bērzu purvs
IUCN IVMicro-reserve
0.31 km² overlap
Nēķena parks
IUCN IIINature Monument
0.16 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Draugolis
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Draugolis
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.10 km² overlap
Zīlēnu saldūdens kaļķiežu iegula
IUCN IIINature Monument
0.06 km² overlap
Bānūžu zelta avots
IUCN IVMicro-reserve
0.04 km² overlap
Bānūžu Zelta avots
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
709 distinct species · 4 389 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 : 28 espèces reliées par 81 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.2%, 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°
4,8°C
Annual rain
694mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,15
Runoff
327mm/an
PET
587mm
AET
466mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
116cm
Forest
40%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)