HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080388180
Bassin de River Ock
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 : NA, Swindon, West Berkshire
Sub-basin area
475km²
Upstream area
3 480,4km²
Discharge
27,36m³/s
Mean elev.
87m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de River Cherwell904 km²
- Bassin de Botley Stream59 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NAEngland · United Kingdom470.7 km²98.7% of basin
- SwindonEngland · United Kingdom5.9 km²1.2% of basin
- West BerkshireEngland · United Kingdom0.1 km²0.0% of basin
29 intersecting protected areas
North Wessex Downs
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
78.92 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
1.09 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
1.09 km² overlap
Whitehorse Hill
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.99 km² overlap
White Horse Hill
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.76 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.71 km² overlap
Little Wittenham
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.60 km² overlap
Little Wittenham
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.60 km² overlap
Cothill Fen
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.43 km² overlap
20 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Cothill Fen
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.43 km² overlap
Iffley Meadows
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.36 km² overlap
Hackpen Hill
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.36 km² overlap
Fernham Meadows
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.23 km² overlap
Wicklesham and Coxwell Pits
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.12 km² overlap
Barrow Farm Fen
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.07 km² overlap
Abbey Fishponds
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Lye Valley
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Dry Sandford Pit
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.04 km² overlap
Hurst Hill
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.03 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.03 km² overlap
Lye Valley
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.02 km² overlap
Rock Edge
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Rock Edge
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.02 km² overlap
Cothill
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Culham Brake
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.01 km² overlap
Sugworth
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.01 km² overlap
Littlemore Railway Cutting
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.00 km² overlap
Lamb and Flag Quarry
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.00 km² overlap
Buckland Warren
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 713 distinct species · 750 641 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Ock : 24 espèces reliées par 51 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
9,7°C
Annual rain
648mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
299mm/an
PET
688mm
AET
509mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
100cm
Forest
0%
Crops
61%
Urban
19%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)