HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080342160
Bassin de Elbe
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 : Hamburg, Harburg, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Ludwigslust-Parchim, Lüneburg
Sub-basin area
1 026,4km²
Upstream area
133 953,9km²
Discharge
775,11m³/s
Mean elev.
27m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Elbe2419 km²
- Bassin de Sude2071 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 578.3 km²56.1% of basin
- 196.5 km²19.1% of basin
- Lüneburg131.7 km²12.8% of basin
- 83.2 km²8.1% of basin
- HamburgHamburg · Germany40.9 km²4.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Flusslandschaft Elbe
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve
101.88 km² overlap
Flusslandschaft Elbe, Entwicklungszone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - transition area
82.92 km² overlap
Sachsenwald-Gebiet
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
23.50 km² overlap
Wallmoor und Mühlenbachniederung bei Leisterförde - Schwanheide
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
23.06 km² overlap
Flusslandschaft Elbe, Pflegezone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - buffer zone
18.96 km² overlap
Langenlehsten
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
17.61 km² overlap
Schaalsee
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve
17.47 km² overlap
Schaalseelandschaft
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
17.37 km² overlap
Elbeniederung zwischen Schnackenburg und Geesthacht
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
15.09 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Schaalsee, Entwicklungszone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - transition area
13.47 km² overlap
Boize
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
12.97 km² overlap
Niedersächsische Mittelelbe
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
9.97 km² overlap
Mecklenburgisches Elbetal
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
9.77 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
9.20 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
7.55 km² overlap
Elbe mit Hohem Elbufer von Tesperhude bis Lauenburg mit angr. Fl.
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.33 km² overlap
Schaalsee-Gebiet
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
6.16 km² overlap
Stecknitz-Delvenau-Niederung
IUCN IVNature Reserve
6.07 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
6.05 km² overlap
Elbtallandschaft und Sudeniederung bei Boizenburg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.27 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
4.68 km² overlap
Gülzower Holz
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.48 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
4.25 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
4.14 km² overlap
Gewässersystem der Luhe und unteren Neetze
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.07 km² overlap
Neuengamme
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
3.97 km² overlap
Testorfer Wald und Kleingewässerlandschaft
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.81 km² overlap
Schaalsee, Pflegezone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - buffer zone
3.65 km² overlap
Talhänge bei Göttin, Grambeker Teiche und Umgebung
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.40 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
2.84 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 161 distinct species · 174 498 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Elbe : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 65 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 11.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
8,5°C
Annual rain
654mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
371mm/an
PET
714mm
AET
524mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
72cm
Forest
11%
Crops
35%
Urban
11%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)