HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080402700
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
29km²
Upstream area
5 316,3km²
Discharge
69,76m³/s
Mean elev.
7m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Grote Nete1676 km²
- Bassin de Leibeek372 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Antwerpen28.5 km²98.0% of basin
- 0.6 km²2.0% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
De samenvloeiing Rupel-Dijle-Nete
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
3.11 km² overlap
Extended forest management plan (Flemish Region)
1.35 km² overlap
Schelde- en Durmeëstuarium van de Nederlandse grens tot Gent
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.02 km² overlap
NBP-AN-22-0200 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
0.40 km² overlap
NBP-AN-20-0192 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.36 km² overlap
NBP-AN-18-0032 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.33 km² overlap
GIBP-AN-14-0033 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.28 km² overlap
NBP-AN-22-0257 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.07 km² overlap
NBP-AN-18-0032 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
0.05 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
NBP-AN-22-0200 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.02 km² overlap
NBP-AN-20-0192 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.00 km² overlap
NBP-AN-22-0002 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
3 450 distinct species · 483 557 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Rupel : 32 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 5 bulles famille, 56 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 8.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 5 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
10,2°C
Annual rain
777mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,05
Runoff
435mm/an
PET
741mm
AET
562mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
18cm
Forest
18%
Crops
14%
Urban
81%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)