HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080429430
Bassin de Rhein
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 5 administrative regions : Groß-Gerau, Mainz, Mainz-Bingen, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Wiesbaden
Sub-basin area
380,3km²
Upstream area
98 376,6km²
Discharge
1 717,17m³/s
Mean elev.
209m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Main581 km²
- Bassin de Rhein45 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 151.2 km²39.6% of basin
- 89.2 km²23.4% of basin
- Mainz80.2 km²21.0% of basin
- 61.0 km²16.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Wiesbaden
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
91.87 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
73.44 km² overlap
Buchenwälder nördlich von Wiesbaden
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
34.33 km² overlap
Dünen- und Sandgebiet Mainz-Ingelheim
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
20.85 km² overlap
Kalkflugsandgebiet Mainz-Ingelheim
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
13.03 km² overlap
Inselrhein
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
10.67 km² overlap
Rheinaue Bingen-Ingelheim
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
8.94 km² overlap
Lennebergwald
IUCN IVNature Reserve
7.93 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
5.33 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Wanderfischgebiete im Rhein
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.00 km² overlap
Rheinniederung Mainz-Bingen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.11 km² overlap
Ober-Olmer Wald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.51 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
3.35 km² overlap
Höllenberg
IUCN IVNature Reserve
2.84 km² overlap
Mariannenaue
IUCN IVNature Reserve
2.00 km² overlap
Rheinauen zwischen Eltville und Bingen
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.98 km² overlap
Haderaue-Königsklinger Aue
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.68 km² overlap
Gonsbachtal
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
1.56 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
1.52 km² overlap
Mainzer Sand Teil II
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.16 km² overlap
Ingelheimer Dünen und Sande
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.16 km² overlap
Weihersberg bei Kiedrich
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.94 km² overlap
Weihersberg bei Kiedrich
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.94 km² overlap
Rabengrund von Wiesbaden mit angrenzenden Flächen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.84 km² overlap
Mariannenaue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.82 km² overlap
Rabengrund von Wiesbaden
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.79 km² overlap
Rettbergsaue bei Wiesbaden
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.74 km² overlap
Rettbergsaue bei Wiesbaden
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.71 km² overlap
Wiesen bei Bärstadt
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.70 km² overlap
Am Rothen Sand
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.68 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 065 distinct species · 258 801 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Rhein : 16 espèces reliées par 102 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 21.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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°
9,1°C
Annual rain
613mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
209mm/an
PET
762mm
AET
503mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
269cm
Forest
29%
Crops
21%
Urban
56%
Protected
45%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)