HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080275460
Bassin de River Spey
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 2 administrative regions : Highland, Perth and Kinross
Sub-basin area
758,4km²
Upstream area
758,7km²
Discharge
22,3m³/s
Mean elev.
513m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Highland761.2 km²99.9% of basin
- 1.0 km²0.1% of basin
27 intersecting protected areas
Cairngorms
IUCN VNational Park
617.06 km² overlap
Monadhliath
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
80.10 km² overlap
Monadhliath
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
80.07 km² overlap
Drumochter Hills
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
31.73 km² overlap
Drumochter Hills
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
30.10 km² overlap
Drumochter Hills
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
30.07 km² overlap
River Spey
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
20.15 km² overlap
Creag Meagaidh
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
15.16 km² overlap
Creag Meagaidh
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
15.14 km² overlap
18 more protected areassorted by overlap area
River Spey - Insh Marshes
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
11.48 km² overlap
River Spey - Insh Marshes
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
11.47 km² overlap
Insh Marshes
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
11.47 km² overlap
River Spey - Insh Marshes
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
11.47 km² overlap
Cairngorms Massif
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
11.31 km² overlap
Creag Dhubh
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
10.53 km² overlap
Insh Marshes
IUCN IVNature Reserve
10.16 km² overlap
The Cairngorm Mountains
IUCN Not ReportedNational Scenic Area
8.79 km² overlap
Insh Marshes
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
6.95 km² overlap
Creag Meagaidh
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
6.37 km² overlap
River Spey
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
4.73 km² overlap
Loch Etteridge
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
1.15 km² overlap
Parallel Roads of Lochaber
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.67 km² overlap
River Feshie
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.27 km² overlap
Cairngorms
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.16 km² overlap
Cairngorms
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.16 km² overlap
Cairngorms
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.16 km² overlap
Creag Meagaidh
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 017 distinct species · 159 360 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 River Spey : 23 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 114 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 14.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 17 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°
5,4°C
Annual rain
1 359mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,61
Runoff
962mm/an
PET
515mm
AET
486mm
Mean slope
9,1°
Water table
409cm
Forest
2%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
84%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)