HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080295540
Bassin de Skjern Å
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 7 administrative regions : Billund, Hedensted, Herning, Ikast-Brande, Ringkøbing-Skjern +2
Sub-basin area
1 090,1km²
Upstream area
1 090,1km²
Discharge
21,59m³/s
Mean elev.
59m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 438.1 km²40.0% of basin
- 396.7 km²36.2% of basin
- 175.3 km²16.0% of basin
- 26.1 km²2.4% of basin
- 25.3 km²2.3% of basin
- 24.3 km²2.2% of basin
- 9.5 km²0.9% of basin
25 intersecting protected areas
Herning Kommune private
IUCN Not Assigned§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
47.98 km² overlap
Ikast-Brande Kommune private
IUCN Not Assigned§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
33.75 km² overlap
Harrild Hede, Ulvemosen og heder i Nørlund Plantage
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
24.70 km² overlap
Store Vandskel, Rørbæk Sø og Tinnet Krat
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
19.40 km² overlap
Ikast-Brande Kommune public
IUCN IV§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
15.72 km² overlap
Vejle Kommune private
IUCN Not Assigned§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
12.02 km² overlap
Søby brunkulslejer
IUCN IVProtected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings
11.28 km² overlap
Sepstrup Sande, Vrads Sande, Velling Skov og Palsgård Skov
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
10.74 km² overlap
Borris Hede
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
10.27 km² overlap
16 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Borris Hede
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
10.25 km² overlap
Skovområde syd for Silkeborg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
9.27 km² overlap
Protected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings
7.64 km² overlap
§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
6.70 km² overlap
Skjern Å
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.40 km² overlap
Herning Kommune public
IUCN IV§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
5.25 km² overlap
Vejle Kommune public
IUCN IV§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
3.99 km² overlap
Billund Kommune private
IUCN Not Assigned§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
3.31 km² overlap
Holtum Ådal, øvre del
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.83 km² overlap
Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune private
IUCN Not Assigned§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
1.78 km² overlap
Hedensted Kommune public
IUCN IV§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
1.47 km² overlap
Silkeborg Kommune private
IUCN Not Assigned§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
1.31 km² overlap
Hedensted Kommune private
IUCN Not Assigned§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
0.47 km² overlap
Brandlund Mose
IUCN IVProtected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings
0.43 km² overlap
Mose ved Karstoft Å
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.27 km² overlap
Silkeborg Kommune public
IUCN IV§3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.)
0.21 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 329 distinct species · 902 006 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Skjern Å : 16 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 21.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
7,5°C
Annual rain
810mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,29
Runoff
625mm/an
PET
572mm
AET
474mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
62cm
Forest
11%
Crops
59%
Urban
2%
Protected
12%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)