HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080401840
Bassin de Rupel
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 2 administrative regions : Antwerpen, Vlaams Brabant
Sub-basin area
57,9km²
Upstream area
6 542,9km²
Discharge
86,46m³/s
Mean elev.
5m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Molenbeek1169 km²
- Bassin de Rupel29 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Antwerpen53.6 km²92.2% of basin
- 4.5 km²7.8% of basin
20 intersecting protected areas
Schelde- en Durmeëstuarium van de Nederlandse grens tot Gent
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.55 km² overlap
Het Moer - Vlietvallei - Zuidelijk Eiland
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
1.72 km² overlap
De Vallei van de Boven Zeeschelde van de Dender- tot de Rupelmonding
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
1.22 km² overlap
Coolhembos
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.78 km² overlap
De Coolhem
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
0.71 km² overlap
NBP-AN-20-0035 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.71 km² overlap
De Kleiputten van Niel-Terhaegen
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
0.66 km² overlap
NBP-AN-22-0164 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.31 km² overlap
NBP-AN-21-0205 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.18 km² overlap
11 more protected areassorted by overlap area
NBP-AN-21-0130 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.13 km² overlap
NBP-AN-20-0242 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.11 km² overlap
Historische fortengordels van Antwerpen als vleermuizenhabitat
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.10 km² overlap
NBP-AN-22-0212 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.08 km² overlap
NBP-AN-22-0206 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
0.05 km² overlap
NBP-AN-22-0257 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.03 km² overlap
Durme en Middenloop van de Schelde
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.03 km² overlap
NBP-AN-22-0020 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.02 km² overlap
NBP-AN-22-0200 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
0.00 km² overlap
NBP-AN-22-0180 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.00 km² overlap
NBP-AN-22-0200 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 873 distinct species · 228 315 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
10,3°C
Annual rain
775mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,05
Runoff
436mm/an
PET
735mm
AET
559mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
10cm
Forest
8%
Crops
15%
Urban
85%
Protected
10%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)