HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080302420
Bassin de Ettrick 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 2 administrative regions : Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders
Sub-basin area
507,7km²
Upstream area
507,8km²
Discharge
12,72m³/s
Mean elev.
375m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Scottish Borders507.9 km²99.6% of basin
- Dumfries and Galloway2.2 km²0.4% of basin
16 intersecting protected areas
Tweedsmuir Hills
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
19.12 km² overlap
River Tweed
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
7.95 km² overlap
River Tweed
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
7.21 km² overlap
St Mary's Loch
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.53 km² overlap
Glenlude
IUCN IVWildland reserve
0.34 km² overlap
Craigdilly
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.22 km² overlap
Moffat Hills
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.16 km² overlap
Moffat Hills
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.16 km² overlap
Riskinhope
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.08 km² overlap
7 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Kingside Loch
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.08 km² overlap
Kirkhope Linns
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.07 km² overlap
Hare and Dunhog Mosses
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Henderland Bank
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.05 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.04 km² overlap
Dunhog Moss
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.02 km² overlap
Whitmuirhall Loch
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 637 distinct species · 75 548 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Ettrick Water : 18 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 112 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 18.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 17 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°
6,6°C
Annual rain
1 187mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,51
Runoff
810mm/an
PET
569mm
AET
520mm
Mean slope
9,5°
Water table
397cm
Forest
10%
Crops
9%
Urban
1%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)