HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080279750
Bassin de Venta
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 : Kuldiga, Saldus
Sub-basin area
487,2km²
Upstream area
7 816,5km²
Discharge
84,66m³/s
Mean elev.
58m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Venta735 km²
- Bassin de Ciecere441 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 463.4 km²94.6% of basin
- 26.2 km²5.4% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Skrundas zivju dīķi
IUCN IVNature Reserve
4.96 km² overlap
Skrundas zivju dīķi
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.96 km² overlap
Ponakstes upes meži
IUCN IVNature Reserve
3.64 km² overlap
Mazupes meži
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.61 km² overlap
Rudbāržu mežaparks
IUCN IIINature Monument
0.46 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
334 distinct species · 1 083 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Venta : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 69 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 13.9%, 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°
6,3°C
Annual rain
702mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,19
Runoff
411mm/an
PET
565mm
AET
448mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
88cm
Forest
55%
Crops
23%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)