HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080315350
Bassin de Šešupė
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 : Kauno, Marijampolės, Prienų, Vilkaviškio, Šakių
Sub-basin area
1 469,3km²
Upstream area
3 195,9km²
Discharge
22,91m³/s
Mean elev.
67m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Dovinė589 km²
- Bassin de Sūduonia171 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 779.2 km²52.8% of basin
- 346.8 km²23.5% of basin
- 190.9 km²12.9% of basin
- 80.2 km²5.4% of basin
- 78.7 km²5.3% of basin
18 intersecting protected areas
Kazlų Rūdos miškas IV
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
24.01 km² overlap
Gižų apylinkės
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
13.99 km² overlap
Kazlų Rūdos miškas II
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
9.49 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
8.60 km² overlap
Kazlų rūdos miškas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.59 km² overlap
Skriaudžių kaimo apylinkės
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.89 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
1.89 km² overlap
Kazlų Rūdos miškas III
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
1.34 km² overlap
Višakio upės slėnis
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
1.12 km² overlap
9 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Nature Reserve
0.70 km² overlap
Pelenių kaimo apylinkės
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.47 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.44 km² overlap
Varnabūdės miškas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.44 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.27 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.15 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 980 distinct species · 27 883 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Šešupė : 33 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 69 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 9.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
613mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,09
Runoff
211mm/an
PET
674mm
AET
499mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
42cm
Forest
23%
Crops
57%
Urban
2%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)