HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080346640
Bassin de Ems
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Emsland, Leer, Westerwolde
Sub-basin area
1 134,6km²
Upstream area
9 335,7km²
Discharge
135,42m³/s
Mean elev.
13m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ems220 km²
- Bassin de Hase119 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 966.4 km²84.8% of basin
- 171.9 km²15.1% of basin
- WesterwoldeGroningen · Netherlands0.9 km²0.1% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Emstal
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
58.05 km² overlap
Ems
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
52.24 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
49.25 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
47.54 km² overlap
Emstal von Lathen bis Papenburg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
45.73 km² overlap
Tinner Dose-Sprakeler Heide
IUCN IVNature Reserve
39.79 km² overlap
Tinner Dose, Sprakeler Heide
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
39.54 km² overlap
Tinner Dose, Sprakeler Heide
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
39.54 km² overlap
Rheiderland
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
24.71 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Rheiderland
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
24.14 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
10.05 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
8.76 km² overlap
Krummes Meer, Aschendorfer Obermoor
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.53 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
6.19 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
5.47 km² overlap
Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve
4.36 km² overlap
Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer, Entwicklungszone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - transition area
4.36 km² overlap
Wesuweer Moor
IUCN IVNature Reserve
4.10 km² overlap
Rhede-Flaar
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
3.46 km² overlap
Theikenmeer
IUCN IVNature Reserve
2.54 km² overlap
Schaapmoor
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.97 km² overlap
Brualer Hammrich
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.74 km² overlap
Provinzialmoor
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.36 km² overlap
Groß Fullener Moor
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.14 km² overlap
Neuheeder Moor
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.13 km² overlap
Südliches Versener Moor
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.97 km² overlap
Unterems und Außenems
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.81 km² overlap
Unterems
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.77 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
0.65 km² overlap
Tausendschrittmoor
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.64 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 091 distinct species · 110 008 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Ems : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 148 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 16.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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°
8,9°C
Annual rain
784mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,13
Runoff
430mm/an
PET
680mm
AET
542mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
20cm
Forest
10%
Crops
46%
Urban
9%
Protected
19%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)