HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080332620
Bassin de River Wharfe
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 4 administrative regions : Bradford, Leeds, North Yorkshire, York
Sub-basin area
1 050,6km²
Upstream area
1 050,7km²
Discharge
23,79m³/s
Mean elev.
214m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- North YorkshireEngland · United Kingdom793.2 km²75.2% of basin
- LeedsEngland · United Kingdom212.8 km²20.2% of basin
- BradfordEngland · United Kingdom48.6 km²4.6% of basin
- YorkEngland · United Kingdom0.4 km²0.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Yorkshire Dales
IUCN VNational Park
398.70 km² overlap
Nidderdale
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
142.06 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
92.85 km² overlap
North Pennine Moors
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
92.85 km² overlap
North Pennine Moors
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
92.85 km² overlap
Craven Limestone Complex
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
27.73 km² overlap
Malham-Arncliffe
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
24.23 km² overlap
South Pennine Moors
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
11.94 km² overlap
South Pennine Moors
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
11.93 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
South Pennine Moors Phase 2
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
11.93 km² overlap
Upper Wharfedale
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
11.26 km² overlap
Pen-y-ghent
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
8.36 km² overlap
Black Keld Catchment
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
6.98 km² overlap
Malham Tarn Estate
IUCN VNature Reserve
5.11 km² overlap
Conistone Old Pasture
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.98 km² overlap
Pen y ghent Gill
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.18 km² overlap
Chevin Forest Park
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
1.82 km² overlap
Boreham Cave
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.53 km² overlap
Cracoe Reef Knolls
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.42 km² overlap
Eccup Reservoir
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.16 km² overlap
Swinden Quarry
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.01 km² overlap
Birks Fell Caves
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.86 km² overlap
Dow Cave System
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.82 km² overlap
Grass Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.79 km² overlap
Oughtershaw and Beckermonds
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.77 km² overlap
Scoska Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.70 km² overlap
Strid Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.59 km² overlap
Stump Cross Caves
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.56 km² overlap
Bastow Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.53 km² overlap
North Pennine Dales Meadows
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.49 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 795 distinct species · 453 673 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 Wharfe : 32 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 48 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
8,4°C
Annual rain
928mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,28
Runoff
689mm/an
PET
619mm
AET
519mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
222cm
Forest
1%
Crops
29%
Urban
8%
Protected
53%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)