HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080299110
Bassin de Avon Water
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 : East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire
Sub-basin area
274,5km²
Upstream area
274,5km²
Discharge
8,78m³/s
Mean elev.
241m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- South Lanarkshire270.1 km²97.9% of basin
- East Ayrshire5.7 km²2.1% of basin
- East Renfrewshire0.0 km²0.0% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Muirkirk and North Lowther Uplands
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
13.07 km² overlap
Muirkirk Uplands
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
12.74 km² overlap
Clyde Valley Woodlands
IUCN IINational Nature Reserve
1.77 km² overlap
Clyde Valley Woods
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
1.13 km² overlap
Avondale
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.06 km² overlap
Morgan Glen
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
0.43 km² overlap
Blood Moss and Slot Burn
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.33 km² overlap
Hamilton High Parks
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.30 km² overlap
Hamilton Low Parks
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
0.27 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Cander Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.16 km² overlap
Cander Moss
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.13 km² overlap
Stonehouse Park
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 947 distinct species · 23 381 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Avon Water : 14 espèces reliées par 113 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 19.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 21 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°
7,3°C
Annual rain
1 283mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,55
Runoff
1 044mm/an
PET
568mm
AET
523mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
134cm
Forest
5%
Crops
22%
Urban
8%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)