HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080383220
Bassin de River Wye
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 : Herefordshire, County of, Monmouthshire, NA
Sub-basin area
362,2km²
Upstream area
3 420,8km²
Discharge
89,42m³/s
Mean elev.
108m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de River Lugg1059 km²
- Bassin de River Wye886 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Herefordshire, County ofEngland · United Kingdom311.3 km²85.6% of basin
- NANA · United Kingdom39.5 km²10.9% of basin
- Monmouthshire12.7 km²3.5% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Wye Valley
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
166.20 km² overlap
Wye Valley
IUCN VArea Of Outstanding Natural Beauty
158.92 km² overlap
Wye Valley (Wales)
IUCN VArea Of Outstanding Natural Beauty
7.28 km² overlap
River Wye/ Afon Gwy
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
4.20 km² overlap
River Wye
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
3.70 km² overlap
Wye Valley Woodlands/ Coetiroedd Dyffryn Gwy
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.87 km² overlap
Upper Wye Gorge
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.53 km² overlap
Haugh Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.61 km² overlap
Coppett Hill
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.96 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Upper Wye Gorge
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.55 km² overlap
Lady Park Wood
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.45 km² overlap
Fiddlers Elbow
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.45 km² overlap
Cherry Hill Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.39 km² overlap
Lady Park Wood
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.38 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.37 km² overlap
Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Bat Sites/ Safleoedd Ystlumod Dyffryn Gwy a Fforest y Ddena
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.36 km² overlap
Wigpool Ironstone Mine
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.35 km² overlap
Lea & Pagets Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.29 km² overlap
Fiddler'S Elbow
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.29 km² overlap
Birch Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.24 km² overlap
Park Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.15 km² overlap
Pengethly Park
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.14 km² overlap
Common Hill
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.13 km² overlap
Brooks Head Grove
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.12 km² overlap
Broadmoor Common
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Capler Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.06 km² overlap
Poor's Acre
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.04 km² overlap
Dingle Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.02 km² overlap
Great Doward
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.02 km² overlap
Coughton Wood and Marsh
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 852 distinct species · 254 147 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Wye : 29 espèces reliées par 48 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 7.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
9,5°C
Annual rain
788mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,16
Runoff
560mm/an
PET
656mm
AET
522mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
245cm
Forest
3%
Crops
37%
Urban
4%
Protected
46%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)