HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080412030
Bassin de River Stour
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 6 administrative regions : Bournemouth, Christchurch and Po, NA, Somerset
Sub-basin area
1 230,5km²
Upstream area
1 230,5km²
Discharge
25,19m³/s
Mean elev.
85m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NAEngland · United Kingdom1006.4 km²81.5% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom89.2 km²7.2% of basin
- SomersetEngland · United Kingdom86.2 km²7.0% of basin
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and PoEngland · United Kingdom30.7 km²2.5% of basin
- 17.1 km²1.4% of basin
- NAEngland · United Kingdom5.3 km²0.4% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
359.22 km² overlap
Dorset
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
111.66 km² overlap
Dorset Heaths
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
17.98 km² overlap
Dorset Heathlands
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
17.96 km² overlap
Dorset Heathlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
11.21 km² overlap
Holt and West Moors Heaths
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
7.68 km² overlap
Holt Heath and Forest
IUCN VNature Reserve
4.87 km² overlap
Holt Heath
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
4.86 km² overlap
Cranborne Chase
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
4.64 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Site of Special Scientific Interest
3.72 km² overlap
Kingston Lacy
IUCN VNature Reserve
3.18 km² overlap
Site of Special Scientific Interest
2.97 km² overlap
Moors River System
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.93 km² overlap
Fontmell and Melbury Downs
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2.64 km² overlap
Fontmell and Melbury Downs
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
2.63 km² overlap
Melbury and Fontmell
IUCN VNature Reserve
1.99 km² overlap
Stourhead
IUCN VNature Reserve
1.93 km² overlap
Canford Heath
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.87 km² overlap
Parley Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.64 km² overlap
Rotherley Downs
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.19 km² overlap
Higher Houghton
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.05 km² overlap
Hod and Hambledon Hills
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1.02 km² overlap
Whitesheet Hill
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.88 km² overlap
Hurn Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.84 km² overlap
Corfe & Barrow Hills
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.83 km² overlap
Hambledon Hill
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.74 km² overlap
Piddles Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.73 km² overlap
Ferndown Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.64 km² overlap
Rooksmoor
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.62 km² overlap
Town Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
0.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 107 distinct species · 1 471 393 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 Stour : 24 espèces reliées par 87 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 17.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
9,4°C
Annual rain
807mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,15
Runoff
569mm/an
PET
684mm
AET
529mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
135cm
Forest
0%
Crops
40%
Urban
10%
Protected
40%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)