HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080359860
Bassin de River Severn
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 2 administrative regions : NA, Powys
Sub-basin area
608,2km²
Upstream area
2 551,2km²
Discharge
73,57m³/s
Mean elev.
115m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de River Severn1047 km²
- Bassin de River Vyrnwy895 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NAEngland · United Kingdom601.2 km²98.5% of basin
- Powys9.4 km²1.5% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Shropshire Hills
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
52.86 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
4.27 km² overlap
The Stiperstones and The Hollies
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
4.25 km² overlap
Stiperstones
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
3.37 km² overlap
Midland Meres & Mosses
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.95 km² overlap
Nesscliffe Country Park
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.74 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.63 km² overlap
Attingham Park
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.54 km² overlap
Rea Brook Valley
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.34 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.32 km² overlap
River Severn at Montford
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.27 km² overlap
Corbett Wood and Grinshill
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.27 km² overlap
White Mere
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.27 km² overlap
Poles Coppice
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.26 km² overlap
Attingham Park
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.25 km² overlap
Shrawardine Pool
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.18 km² overlap
Marton Pool, Chirbury
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.17 km² overlap
Fenemere
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.16 km² overlap
Old River Bed, Shrewsbury
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.15 km² overlap
Midland Meres and Mosses Phase 2
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.12 km² overlap
Hencott Pool
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.12 km² overlap
Fernhill Pastures
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.11 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.10 km² overlap
Grinshill Quarries
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.10 km² overlap
Pennerley Meadows
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.07 km² overlap
Minsterley Meadows
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.05 km² overlap
Berrington Pool, Shropshire
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.05 km² overlap
Hope Valley
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.05 km² overlap
Huglith Mine
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.04 km² overlap
Lyth Hill
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 165 distinct species · 548 907 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 River Severn : 18 espèces reliées par 121 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 18.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 19 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°
8,6°C
Annual rain
786mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,21
Runoff
622mm/an
PET
616mm
AET
503mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
102cm
Forest
0%
Crops
30%
Urban
7%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)