HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080399200
Bassin de Sontra
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 : Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Wartburgkreis, Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Sub-basin area
451,9km²
Upstream area
451,9km²
Discharge
4,09m³/s
Mean elev.
343m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 388.9 km²85.8% of basin
- 64.4 km²14.2% of basin
- 0.3 km²0.1% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Werra- und Wehretal
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
78.99 km² overlap
Meißner
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
14.54 km² overlap
Rendaer Höhe
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
10.31 km² overlap
Wälder und Kalkmagerrasen der Ringgau Südabdachung
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.63 km² overlap
Meißner und Meißner Vorland
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.07 km² overlap
Glimmerode und Hambach bei Hessisch Lichtenau
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.47 km² overlap
Reichenbacher Kalkberge
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.59 km² overlap
Meißner
IUCN IVNature Reserve
3.14 km² overlap
Boyneburg und Schickeberg bei Breitau
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.93 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Lichtenauer Hochland
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.47 km² overlap
Wald südöstlich Nentershausen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.46 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
2.11 km² overlap
Kalkmagerrasen zwischen Morschen und Sontra
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.05 km² overlap
Felsklippen im Werra-Meißner-Kreis
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.83 km² overlap
Trimberg bei Reichensachsen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.59 km² overlap
Reichenbacher Kalkberge
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.50 km² overlap
Kalkberge bei Röhrda und Weißenborn
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.71 km² overlap
Trimberg bei Reichensachsen
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.63 km² overlap
Grünes Band Hessen
IUCN IIINature monuments
0.63 km² overlap
Wald südöstlich von Netra
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.56 km² overlap
Tannenberg Nentershausen
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
0.47 km² overlap
Rösberg bei Rommerode
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.43 km² overlap
Weißbachtal bei Reichenbach
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.28 km² overlap
Weißbachtal bei Reichenbach
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.27 km² overlap
Hirschberg- und Tiefenbachwiesen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.24 km² overlap
Graburg
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.19 km² overlap
Auenverbund Werra
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
0.14 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.10 km² overlap
Gipskarst bei Berneburg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.09 km² overlap
Sorgwiesen bei Weißenhasel
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 797 distinct species · 54 152 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Sontra : 19 espèces reliées par 77 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 19.0%, 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°
7,8°C
Annual rain
724mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
286mm/an
PET
728mm
AET
561mm
Mean slope
6,7°
Water table
397cm
Forest
16%
Crops
27%
Urban
1%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)