HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080286580
Bassin de Skutule
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 across 2 countries : Mažeikių, Saldus
Sub-basin area
21,6km²
Upstream area
5 939,7km²
Discharge
60,41m³/s
Mean elev.
60m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Varduva763 km²
- Bassin de Vadakstis / Vadakste5 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 14.7 km²67.8% of basin
- 7.0 km²32.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Ventos vidurupis
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
0.07 km² overlap
Ventos upės slėnis
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
46 distinct species · 64 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 Skutule : 11 espèces reliées par 16 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 17.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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°
6,4°C
Annual rain
724mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,19
Runoff
401mm/an
PET
587mm
AET
463mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
41cm
Forest
2%
Crops
44%
Urban
12%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)