HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080427920
Bassin de Fränkische Saale
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 : Bad Kissingen, Main-Spessart, Rhön-Grabfeld
Sub-basin area
797,1km²
Upstream area
2 151,2km²
Discharge
16,19m³/s
Mean elev.
360m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lauer293 km²
- Bassin de Brend175 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 642.6 km²80.4% of basin
- 83.3 km²10.4% of basin
- 73.9 km²9.2% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Biosphärenreservat Rhön
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve
621.49 km² overlap
Rhön, Entwicklungszone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - transition area
536.56 km² overlap
LSG "Bayerische Rhön"
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
482.73 km² overlap
Rhön, Pflegezone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - buffer zone
71.61 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
55.76 km² overlap
Wälder und Trockenstandorte bei Bad Kissingen und Münnerstadt
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
36.29 km² overlap
Bayerische Hohe Rhön
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
28.93 km² overlap
Bayerische Hohe Rhön
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
26.19 km² overlap
Schwarze Berge
IUCN IVNature Reserve
19.83 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Einertsberg, Schondraberg und angrenzende Wälder
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
17.50 km² overlap
Rhön, Kernzone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - core area
13.32 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
13.32 km² overlap
Wälder und Trockengebiete östlich Hammelburg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
12.21 km² overlap
Naturschutzgebiet 'Sodenberg-Gans'
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.97 km² overlap
Sodenberg-Gans
IUCN IVNature Reserve
4.93 km² overlap
Truppenübungsplatz Hammelburg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.83 km² overlap
Truppenübungsplatz Hammelburg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.76 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
3.98 km² overlap
Schmalwasser- und Premichtal
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.43 km² overlap
Schondratalsystem
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.06 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
2.52 km² overlap
Waldwiesen und Moore im Neuwirtshauser Forst
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.85 km² overlap
Unteres Schondratal
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.79 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
1.58 km² overlap
Fränkische Saale zwischen Heustreu und Steinach
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.72 km² overlap
LSG "Höret und Zückberg" in der Gemarkung Arnshausen, Stadt Bad Kissingen, Landkreis Bad Kissingen
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
0.62 km² overlap
Feuerbachmoor
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
Haarberg
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.24 km² overlap
Lindenstumpf und Rudelberg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.16 km² overlap
Naturwaldinsel Buchwald
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 049 distinct species · 422 372 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Fränkische Saale : 16 espèces reliées par 27 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.8%, 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°
8,4°C
Annual rain
684mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
252mm/an
PET
786mm
AET
557mm
Mean slope
6,2°
Water table
385cm
Forest
39%
Crops
22%
Urban
3%
Protected
69%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)