HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080301290
Bassin de River Clyde
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 5 administrative regions : Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, Scottish Borders, South Lanarkshire, West Lothian
Sub-basin area
781,5km²
Upstream area
781,5km²
Discharge
21,87m³/s
Mean elev.
339m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- South Lanarkshire762.0 km²97.1% of basin
- Scottish Borders12.6 km²1.6% of basin
- Dumfries and Galloway8.8 km²1.1% of basin
- West Lothian1.3 km²0.2% of basin
- East Ayrshire0.4 km²0.1% of basin
16 intersecting protected areas
Muirkirk and North Lowther Uplands
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
20.65 km² overlap
North Lowther Uplands
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
19.27 km² overlap
Tinto Hills
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
14.81 km² overlap
Shiel Dod
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
11.32 km² overlap
Carnwath Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.48 km² overlap
River Clyde Meanders
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
1.41 km² overlap
Muirkirk Uplands
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.39 km² overlap
Craigengar
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.00 km² overlap
Red Moss
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.76 km² overlap
7 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Red Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.76 km² overlap
Carstairs Kames
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.58 km² overlap
Cobbinshaw Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.40 km² overlap
Craigengar
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.37 km² overlap
Leadhills - Wanlockhead
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.23 km² overlap
Raven Gill
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.07 km² overlap
Craighead Hill Quarry
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 690 distinct species · 55 833 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 River Clyde : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 122 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 18 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°
6,9°C
Annual rain
1 232mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,53
Runoff
922mm/an
PET
566mm
AET
520mm
Mean slope
6,7°
Water table
295cm
Forest
2%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)