HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080392740
Bassin de River Kennet
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 7 administrative regions : NA, Swindon, West Berkshire
Sub-basin area
1 126,3km²
Upstream area
1 126,3km²
Discharge
15,36m³/s
Mean elev.
143m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- West BerkshireEngland · United Kingdom470.7 km²41.6% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom390.9 km²34.6% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom149.6 km²13.2% of basin
- SwindonEngland · United Kingdom35.9 km²3.2% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom34.2 km²3.0% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom28.9 km²2.6% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom20.2 km²1.8% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
North Wessex Downs
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
852.57 km² overlap
Savernake Forest
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
8.66 km² overlap
Fyfield Down
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
3.28 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
2.81 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
1.76 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
1.42 km² overlap
Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
1.15 km² overlap
River Kennet
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.11 km² overlap
Snelsmore Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.04 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Ashdown House
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.95 km² overlap
Pamber Forest
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.74 km² overlap
Inkpen and Walbury Hills
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.74 km² overlap
Highclere Park
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.70 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.68 km² overlap
Thatcham Reed Beds
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.67 km² overlap
Kennet Valley Alderwoods
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.58 km² overlap
Kennet Valley Alderwoods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.57 km² overlap
Chilton Foliat Meadows
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.55 km² overlap
The Chase, Woolton Hill
IUCN VNature Reserve
0.54 km² overlap
Barbury Castle
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.48 km² overlap
Burghclere Beacon
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.35 km² overlap
Redhill Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.29 km² overlap
River Lambourn
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.29 km² overlap
River Lambourn
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.29 km² overlap
Padworth Common
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.28 km² overlap
Freeman's Marsh
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.26 km² overlap
Herbert Plantation
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.26 km² overlap
Catmore and Winterly Copses
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.25 km² overlap
Aldermaston Gravel Pits
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.25 km² overlap
Hosehill Lake
IUCN IVLocal Nature Reserve
0.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 160 distinct species · 1 033 691 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Kennet : 23 espèces reliées par 103 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 17.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
9,4°C
Annual rain
719mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,05
Runoff
387mm/an
PET
683mm
AET
517mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
155cm
Forest
0%
Crops
61%
Urban
8%
Protected
77%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)