HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080414760
Bassin de Hoëgne
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 across 2 countries : Liège, Städteregion Aachen
Sub-basin area
699km²
Upstream area
699,3km²
Discharge
8,86m³/s
Mean elev.
358m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 696.6 km²99.3% of basin
- 5.0 km²0.7% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Les Hautes Fagnes
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
67.81 km² overlap
Hautes Fagnes
IUCN IVState Nature Reserve (Walloon Region)
49.27 km² overlap
Plateau des Hautes-Fagnes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
34.34 km² overlap
Plateau des Hautes-Fagnes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
34.34 km² overlap
Fagnes du Nord-Est
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
22.10 km² overlap
Fagnes du Nord-Est
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
22.10 km² overlap
La Gileppe
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
11.73 km² overlap
La Gileppe
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
11.73 km² overlap
Vallée de la Helle
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
7.58 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Vallée de la Helle
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.58 km² overlap
Fagnes de Stavelot et vallée de l'Eau Rouge
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
7.21 km² overlap
Fagnes de Stavelot et vallée de l'Eau Rouge
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.21 km² overlap
Bois de Staneux
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
6.52 km² overlap
Bois de Staneux
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.52 km² overlap
Vallée de la Hoëgne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.13 km² overlap
Vallée de la Hoëgne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
6.13 km² overlap
Vallée de la Vesdre entre Eupen et Verviers
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.54 km² overlap
Vallée de la Vesdre entre Eupen et Verviers
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.54 km² overlap
Fagnes de Malchamps et de Stoumont
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.06 km² overlap
Fagnes de Malchamps et de Stoumont
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.06 km² overlap
Affluents du lac d'Eupen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.04 km² overlap
Affluents du lac d'Eupen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.04 km² overlap
Bois de la Géronstère
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.58 km² overlap
Bois de la Géronstère
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.58 km² overlap
Vallée de la Soor
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.51 km² overlap
Vallée de la Soor
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.51 km² overlap
Bongard et Millescheid (Le)
IUCN VIForest Reserve (Walloon Region)
4.06 km² overlap
Fagnes de Malchamps
IUCN IVState Nature Reserve (Walloon Region)
3.50 km² overlap
Basse vallée de la Vesdre
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
3.39 km² overlap
Basse vallée de la Vesdre
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.39 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 665 distinct species · 140 054 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Hoëgne : 36 espèces + 6 bulles famille, 96 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 6 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°
8,3°C
Annual rain
1 057mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
399mm/an
PET
674mm
AET
600mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
277cm
Forest
52%
Crops
8%
Urban
25%
Protected
33%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)