HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080368810
Bassin de River Granta
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 : NA, Suffolk
Sub-basin area
1 102,5km²
Upstream area
1 102,5km²
Discharge
8,84m³/s
Mean elev.
53m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NAEngland · United Kingdom815.8 km²73.7% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom184.5 km²16.7% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom57.1 km²5.2% of basin
- SuffolkEngland · United Kingdom25.3 km²2.3% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom24.0 km²2.2% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Wicken Fen
IUCN IVNature Reserve
6.16 km² overlap
Newmarket Heath
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.50 km² overlap
Wicken Fen
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.90 km² overlap
Fenland
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
1.89 km² overlap
Wicken Fen
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.89 km² overlap
Wicken Fen
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
1.83 km² overlap
Cam Washes
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.65 km² overlap
Therfield Heath
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
1.47 km² overlap
Therfield Heath
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.47 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Wimpole
IUCN VNature Reserve
1.44 km² overlap
Barrington Chalk Pit
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.97 km² overlap
Gog Magog Golf Course
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.88 km² overlap
Anglesey Abbey
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.67 km² overlap
Eversden and Wimpole Woods
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.67 km² overlap
Eversden and Wimpole Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.66 km² overlap
Wilbraham Fens
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.62 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.55 km² overlap
Coldham's Common
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.49 km² overlap
Kingston Wood and Outliers
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.47 km² overlap
Fowlmere
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.41 km² overlap
Fowlmere Watercress Beds
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.40 km² overlap
Devil's Dyke
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.40 km² overlap
Balsham Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.35 km² overlap
Quendon Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.34 km² overlap
Langley Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.32 km² overlap
Stow-cum-Quy Fen
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.30 km² overlap
Fulbourn Fen
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.27 km² overlap
Potton Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.24 km² overlap
Great Wilbraham Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.24 km² overlap
Debden Water
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.21 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 968 distinct species · 1 351 057 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Granta : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 91 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
9,6°C
Annual rain
569mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
261mm/an
PET
684mm
AET
479mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
84cm
Forest
0%
Crops
66%
Urban
10%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)