HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080404730
Bassin de Werra
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 : Eisenach, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Wartburgkreis, Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Sub-basin area
477,6km²
Upstream area
3 212,9km²
Discharge
26,11m³/s
Mean elev.
314m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Werra1334 km²
- Bassin de Ulster428 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 251.6 km²52.5% of basin
- 162.2 km²33.8% of basin
- 50.3 km²10.5% of basin
- 15.2 km²3.2% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Thüringer Wald
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
30.50 km² overlap
Biosphärenreservat Rhön
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve
21.57 km² overlap
Grünes Band Hessen
IUCN IIINature monuments
18.98 km² overlap
Rhön, Entwicklungszone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - transition area
14.88 km² overlap
Nordwestlicher Thüringer Wald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
14.23 km² overlap
Werra-Aue zwischen Breitungen und Creuzburg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
11.42 km² overlap
Auenverbund Werra
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
10.51 km² overlap
Dreienberg-Landecker
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
8.61 km² overlap
Erdfallgebiet Frauensee
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.51 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Wälder und Kalkmagerrasen der Ringgau Südabdachung
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.32 km² overlap
Werra bis Treffurt mit Zuflüssen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.15 km² overlap
Rhäden von Obersuhl und Auen an der mittleren Werra
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.40 km² overlap
Grünes Band Thüringen
IUCN IIINature monuments
5.04 km² overlap
Rhön, Pflegezone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - buffer zone
4.94 km² overlap
Landecker Berg
IUCN IVNature Reserve
4.50 km² overlap
Landecker Berg bei Ransbach
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.21 km² overlap
Seulingswald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.93 km² overlap
Werraaue von Herleshausen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.60 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
2.55 km² overlap
Alte Werra
IUCN IVNature Reserve
2.28 km² overlap
Rhön, Kernzone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - core area
1.76 km² overlap
Dreienberg bei Friedewald
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.61 km² overlap
Dreienberg bei Friedewald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.61 km² overlap
Rhäden bei Obersuhl und Bosserode
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.22 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
1.22 km² overlap
Dankmarshäuser Rhäden
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.11 km² overlap
Dankmarshäuser Rhäden
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.09 km² overlap
Werra zwischen Phillippsthal und Herleshausen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.92 km² overlap
Rohrlache von Heringen
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.77 km² overlap
Rohrlache von Heringen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.75 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 933 distinct species · 84 386 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Werra : 27 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
7,9°C
Annual rain
666mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,10
Runoff
275mm/an
PET
744mm
AET
544mm
Mean slope
5,5°
Water table
348cm
Forest
23%
Crops
32%
Urban
2%
Protected
12%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)