HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080427060
Bassin de Nidda
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 7 administrative regions : Frankfurt am Main, Gießen, Hochtaunuskreis, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Main-Taunus-Kreis +2
Sub-basin area
1 940,5km²
Upstream area
1 940,5km²
Discharge
15,48m³/s
Mean elev.
237m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1018.2 km²52.3% of basin
- 326.7 km²16.8% of basin
- 273.4 km²14.0% of basin
- 132.5 km²6.8% of basin
- 86.4 km²4.4% of basin
- 75.7 km²3.9% of basin
- 34.3 km²1.8% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Vogelsberg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
236.89 km² overlap
Wetterau
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
106.90 km² overlap
Auenverbund Wetterau
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
73.69 km² overlap
Laubacher Wald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
72.58 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
38.89 km² overlap
Waldgebiete südlich und südwestlich von Schotten
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
16.81 km² overlap
Hoher Vogelsberg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
13.87 km² overlap
Grünlandgebiete in der Wetterau
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
13.69 km² overlap
Langder Wald und Silbachtal
IUCN IVNature Reserve
12.19 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Buchenwälder zwischen Florstadt und Altenstadt
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
11.85 km² overlap
Buchenwälder östlich von Echzell
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.47 km² overlap
Horloffaue zwischen Hungen und Grund-Schwalheim
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.04 km² overlap
Wälder und Flachwasserteiche östlich Lich
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.85 km² overlap
Oberurseler Stadtwald und Stierstädter Heide
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.34 km² overlap
Wetterniederung bei Lich
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.65 km² overlap
Glauberg
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
3.58 km² overlap
Basaltmagerrasen am Rand der Wetterauer Trockeninsel
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.64 km² overlap
Talauen von Nidder und Hillersbach bei Gedern und Burkhards
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.54 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
2.53 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
2.36 km² overlap
Mittlere Horloffaue
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.89 km² overlap
Altkönig
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.70 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
1.45 km² overlap
Kirdorfer Feld bei Bad Homburg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.34 km² overlap
Wald zwischen Kilianstädten und Büdesheim
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.22 km² overlap
Am Mähried bei Staden
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.07 km² overlap
Wald östlich Oppershofen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.01 km² overlap
Wieseckaue und Josolleraue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.99 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
0.94 km² overlap
Wald um die Peterseen südwestlich Lich
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.86 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 113 distinct species · 817 011 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
9,0°C
Annual rain
701mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,09
Runoff
251mm/an
PET
769mm
AET
561mm
Mean slope
3,6°
Water table
230cm
Forest
22%
Crops
35%
Urban
24%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)