HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080403740
Bassin de Molenbeek
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 1 administrative regions : Oost-Vlaanderen
Sub-basin area
391,9km²
Upstream area
10 629,2km²
Discharge
150,83m³/s
Mean elev.
17m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Scarpe Canalisée2150 km²
- Bassin de Leie19 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 393.3 km²100.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Schelde- en Durmeëstuarium van de Nederlandse grens tot Gent
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
19.54 km² overlap
Flemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
14.47 km² overlap
Durme en Middenloop van de Schelde
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
14.04 km² overlap
Bossen van het zuidoosten van de Zandleemstreek
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.15 km² overlap
De Damvallei
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
2.44 km² overlap
Berlare Broek - Donkmeer
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
2.16 km² overlap
De Oosterzeelse bossen
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
2.16 km² overlap
De Valleien van de Molenbeken (Lede)
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
2.12 km² overlap
Kottem
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
1.56 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Bossen van de Vlaamse Ardennen en andere Zuidvlaamse bossen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.51 km² overlap
NBP-OV-20-0149 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
1.10 km² overlap
De Vallei van de Serskampse beek (Serskampse bossen)
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
1.10 km² overlap
NBP-OV-18-0014 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
0.97 km² overlap
NBP-OV-22-0104 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.94 km² overlap
NBP-OV-22-0124 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.76 km² overlap
NBP-OV-22-0308 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.73 km² overlap
NBP-OV-20-159 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.70 km² overlap
NBP-OV-19-0149 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.62 km² overlap
NBP-OV-19-0008 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.52 km² overlap
Nature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.51 km² overlap
NBP-OV-18-0014 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.49 km² overlap
NBP-OV-22-0261 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.48 km² overlap
NBP-OV-20-0131 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
0.39 km² overlap
NBP-OV-21-0032 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.35 km² overlap
Geelstervallei
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.33 km² overlap
NBP/OV/20/0232 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.27 km² overlap
NBP-OV-18-0003
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.23 km² overlap
NBP-OV-22-0309 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.21 km² overlap
NBP-OV-20-0005G type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
0.18 km² overlap
NBP-OV-21-0217 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
0.17 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 368 distinct species · 1 037 315 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
10,2°C
Annual rain
766mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
436mm/an
PET
708mm
AET
546mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
32cm
Forest
3%
Crops
30%
Urban
64%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)