HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080282440

Bassin de River Tummel

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 3 administrative regions : Argyll and Bute, Highland, Perth and Kinross

66% lakePfafstetter: 23302609

Sub-basin area

853km²

Upstream area

853km²

Discharge

32,64m³/s

Mean elev.

433m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Lochbroom Burn80 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Perth and Kinross
Scotland · United Kingdom
668.6 km²
78.0% of basin
Highland
Scotland · United Kingdom
177.8 km²
20.7% of basin
Argyll and Bute
Scotland · United Kingdom
10.8 km²
1.3% of basin

30 intersecting protected areas

Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon
IUCN Not Reported
National Scenic Area
218.54 km² overlap
Ben Nevis and Glen Coe
IUCN Not Reported
National Scenic Area
148.01 km² overlap
Rannoch Moor
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
85.36 km² overlap
Rannoch Moor
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
85.31 km² overlap
Loch Tummel
IUCN Not Reported
National Scenic Area
78.53 km² overlap
River Tay
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
37.76 km² overlap
Glen Etive and Glen Fyne
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
37.52 km² overlap
Black Wood of Rannoch
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
18.89 km² overlap
Ben Alder and Aonach Beag
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
18.30 km² overlap

21 more protected areassorted by overlap area

Ben Alder and Aonach Beag
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
18.29 km² overlap
Coire Bhachdaidh
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
17.28 km² overlap
Drumochter Hills
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
15.46 km² overlap
Drumochter Hills
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
15.46 km² overlap
Drumochter Hills
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
15.46 km² overlap
Rannoch Moor
IUCN Not Reported
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
15.20 km² overlap
Rannoch Moor
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserves
15.10 km² overlap
Black Wood of Rannoch
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
11.01 km² overlap
Rannoch Lochs
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
8.39 km² overlap
Schiehallion
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
8.35 km² overlap
Ben Alder
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
6.38 km² overlap
Tulach Hill
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
4.68 km² overlap
Beinn a' Chuallaich
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
4.49 km² overlap
East Schiehallion
IUCN IV
Wildland reserve
4.17 km² overlap
Tulach Hill and Glen Fender Meadows
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
3.00 km² overlap
Carn Gorm and Meall Garbh
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
2.70 km² overlap
Dunalastair Reservoir
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
2.32 km² overlap
Cairngorms
IUCN V
National Park
1.83 km² overlap
Meall Reamhar
IUCN III
Site of Special Scientific Interest
1.41 km² overlap
Rannoch Lochs
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.20 km² overlap
Loch Tummel Flush
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.07 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

6 000 distinct species · 182 285 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 29 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Bassin de River Tummel : 17 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 89 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 21.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

Connectance

0.219

Patrimoniales

Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

6,0°C

Annual rain

1 600mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

0,66

Runoff

1 259mm/an

PET

528mm

AET

508mm

Mean slope

7,9°

Water table

311cm

Forest

Crops

Urban

Protected

62%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)