HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080428160
Bassin de Mosel
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 : Bernkastel-Wittlich, Cochem-Zell, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Sub-basin area
400,8km²
Upstream area
26 564,4km²
Discharge
325,11m³/s
Mean elev.
345m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lieser404 km²
- Bassin de Mosel384 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 270.6 km²67.3% of basin
- 110.8 km²27.5% of basin
- 20.8 km²5.2% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Landscape Protection Area
230.60 km² overlap
Wälder zwischen Wittlich und Cochem
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
78.58 km² overlap
Haardtkopf
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
45.89 km² overlap
Altlayer Bachtal
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
21.68 km² overlap
Ahringsbachtal
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
19.44 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
10.16 km² overlap
Kautenbachtal
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.60 km² overlap
Moselhänge und Nebentäler der unteren Mosel
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.74 km² overlap
Tiefenbachtal
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.86 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Streuobstwiesen bei Wehlen
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.22 km² overlap
Mosel
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.05 km² overlap
Frohnbachtal bei Hirzlei
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.47 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 929 distinct species · 151 797 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Mosel : 28 espèces reliées par 92 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 13.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
718mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,00
Runoff
250mm/an
PET
713mm
AET
541mm
Mean slope
8,7°
Water table
490cm
Forest
68%
Crops
12%
Urban
5%
Protected
71%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)