HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080385060
Bassin de River Cherwell
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 4 administrative regions : NA
Sub-basin area
903,7km²
Upstream area
903,8km²
Discharge
7,75m³/s
Mean elev.
113m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NAEngland · United Kingdom566.6 km²62.5% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom196.4 km²21.6% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom102.2 km²11.3% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom41.9 km²4.6% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Cotswolds
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
12.75 km² overlap
Otmoor
IUCN IVNature Reserve
3.94 km² overlap
Otmoor
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.13 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.74 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.70 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.70 km² overlap
Ardley Trackways
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.64 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.63 km² overlap
Sheephouse Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.59 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Finemere Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.46 km² overlap
New Marston Meadows
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.45 km² overlap
Farnborough Hall
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.34 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.27 km² overlap
Ham Home-cum-Hamgreen Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.23 km² overlap
Murcott Meadows
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.22 km² overlap
Ardley Cutting and Quarry
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.22 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.22 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.18 km² overlap
Woodeaton Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.14 km² overlap
Weston Fen
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.14 km² overlap
Upton House
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.12 km² overlap
Bestmoor
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.12 km² overlap
Arncott Bridge Meadows
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.09 km² overlap
Stratton Audley Quarries
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.09 km² overlap
Bure Park
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.08 km² overlap
Kirtlington Quarry
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.07 km² overlap
Woodeaton Quarry
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.07 km² overlap
Boarstall Duck Decoy
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.07 km² overlap
Hook Norton Cutting & Banks
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.07 km² overlap
Grange Meadow
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 644 distinct species · 1 019 971 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 Cherwell : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 115 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 18.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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
623mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
283mm/an
PET
680mm
AET
504mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
116cm
Forest
0%
Crops
64%
Urban
7%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)