HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080411910
Bassin de River Avon
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 3 administrative regions : NA
Sub-basin area
461,1km²
Upstream area
1 716km²
Discharge
30,3m³/s
Mean elev.
77m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de River Bourne164 km²
- Bassin de River Avon6 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NAEngland · United Kingdom247.5 km²53.5% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom174.8 km²37.8% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom40.5 km²8.7% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
189.01 km² overlap
New Forest
IUCN VNational Park
111.75 km² overlap
The New Forest
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
70.84 km² overlap
The New Forest
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
70.17 km² overlap
The New Forest
IUCN VWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
67.33 km² overlap
New Forest
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
67.32 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
14.03 km² overlap
Avon Valley
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
13.89 km² overlap
Avon Valley
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
13.50 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Nature Reserve
5.42 km² overlap
Dorset Heaths
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
4.30 km² overlap
Dorset Heathlands
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
4.29 km² overlap
Martin and Tidpit Downs
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
3.40 km² overlap
Dorset Heathlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
3.27 km² overlap
Martin Down
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
3.13 km² overlap
River Avon System
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.15 km² overlap
Knighton Downs & Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.07 km² overlap
River Avon
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.05 km² overlap
Hale Purlieu
IUCN VNature Reserve
2.01 km² overlap
Town Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.97 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
1.58 km² overlap
Bowerchalke Downs
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.34 km² overlap
Cranborne Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.99 km² overlap
Boulsbury Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.76 km² overlap
Prescombe Down
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.73 km² overlap
Prescombe Down
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.73 km² overlap
Winklebury Hill
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.65 km² overlap
Knapp and Barnett's Downs
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.59 km² overlap
Prescombe Down
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.45 km² overlap
Throope Down
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.38 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 212 distinct species · 575 306 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 River Avon : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 83 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 16.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
9,7°C
Annual rain
788mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
522mm/an
PET
704mm
AET
531mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
156cm
Forest
2%
Crops
43%
Urban
5%
Protected
69%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)