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

Pfafstetter: 23264020

Sub-basin area

1 940,5km²

Upstream area

1 940,5km²

Discharge

15,48m³/s

Mean elev.

237m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Main581 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Wetteraukreis
Hessen · Germany
1018.2 km²
52.3% of basin
Gießen
Hessen · Germany
326.7 km²
16.8% of basin
Hochtaunuskreis
Hessen · Germany
273.4 km²
14.0% of basin
Vogelsbergkreis
Hessen · Germany
132.5 km²
6.8% of basin
Frankfurt am Main
Hessen · Germany
86.4 km²
4.4% of basin
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Hessen · Germany
75.7 km²
3.9% of basin
Main-Taunus-Kreis
Hessen · Germany
34.3 km²
1.8% of basin

30 intersecting protected areas

Vogelsberg
IUCN Not Reported
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
236.89 km² overlap
Wetterau
IUCN Not Reported
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
106.90 km² overlap
Auenverbund Wetterau
IUCN V
Landscape Protection Area
73.69 km² overlap
Laubacher Wald
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
72.58 km² overlap
Grüngürtel und Grünzüge in der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
IUCN V
Landscape Protection Area
38.89 km² overlap
Waldgebiete südlich und südwestlich von Schotten
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
16.81 km² overlap
Hoher Vogelsberg
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
13.87 km² overlap
Grünlandgebiete in der Wetterau
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
13.69 km² overlap
Langder Wald und Silbachtal
IUCN IV
Nature Reserve
12.19 km² overlap

21 more protected areassorted by overlap area

Buchenwälder zwischen Florstadt und Altenstadt
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
11.85 km² overlap
Buchenwälder östlich von Echzell
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.47 km² overlap
Horloffaue zwischen Hungen und Grund-Schwalheim
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.04 km² overlap
Wälder und Flachwasserteiche östlich Lich
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.85 km² overlap
Oberurseler Stadtwald und Stierstädter Heide
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.34 km² overlap
Wetterniederung bei Lich
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.65 km² overlap
Glauberg
IUCN V
Landscape Protection Area
3.58 km² overlap
Basaltmagerrasen am Rand der Wetterauer Trockeninsel
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.64 km² overlap
Talauen von Nidder und Hillersbach bei Gedern und Burkhards
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.54 km² overlap
Talauen von Nidder und Hillersbach bei Gedern und Burkhards
IUCN IV
Nature Reserve
2.53 km² overlap
Im Rußland und in der Kuhweide bei Lindheim
IUCN IV
Nature Reserve
2.36 km² overlap
Mittlere Horloffaue
IUCN IV
Nature Reserve
1.89 km² overlap
Altkönig
IUCN IV
Nature Reserve
1.70 km² overlap
Oberes Niddatal und Forellenteiche
IUCN IV
Nature Reserve
1.45 km² overlap
Kirdorfer Feld bei Bad Homburg
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.34 km² overlap
Wald zwischen Kilianstädten und Büdesheim
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.22 km² overlap
Am Mähried bei Staden
IUCN IV
Nature Reserve
1.07 km² overlap
Wald östlich Oppershofen
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.01 km² overlap
Wieseckaue und Josolleraue
IUCN Not Reported
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.99 km² overlap
Teufelsee und Pfaffensee zwischen Echzell und Reichelsheim-Weckesheim
IUCN IV
Nature Reserve
0.94 km² overlap
Wald um die Peterseen südwestlich Lich
IUCN Not Reported
Special 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

Sample of 37 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Bassin de Nidda : 28 espèces reliées par 103 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 15.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

103

Connectance

0.155

Patrimoniales

Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

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

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)