HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080353090
Bassin de Ballyfinboy River
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 : Birr, Killaloe, Loughrea, Nenagh, Thurles
Sub-basin area
398,5km²
Upstream area
9 738,9km²
Discharge
170,42m³/s
Mean elev.
82m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kilcrow415 km²
- Bassin de Shannon251 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 208.5 km²52.1% of basin
- 119.1 km²29.8% of basin
- 35.5 km²8.9% of basin
- 33.3 km²8.3% of basin
- 3.8 km²1.0% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
85.95 km² overlap
Lough Derg (Shannon) SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
42.90 km² overlap
Lough Derg, North-east Shore SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
15.33 km² overlap
Derryoober Bog NHA
IUCN IVNatural Heritage Area
10.11 km² overlap
Loughatorick South Bog SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.40 km² overlap
Scohaboy Bog NHA
IUCN IVNatural Heritage Area
3.93 km² overlap
Slieve Aughty Bog NHA
IUCN IVNatural Heritage Area
3.23 km² overlap
Cloonmoylan Bog SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.31 km² overlap
Derrycrag Wood Nature Reserve SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.18 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Pollnaknockaun Wood Nature Reserve SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.81 km² overlap
Scohaboy (Sopwell) Bog SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.72 km² overlap
Rosturra Wood SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.22 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 164 distinct species · 7 590 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Ballyfinboy River : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 83 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 14.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
9,3°C
Annual rain
985mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
630mm/an
PET
636mm
AET
549mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
76cm
Forest
10%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)