HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080433520
Bassin de Salm
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 4 administrative regions : Bernkastel-Wittlich, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Trier-Saarburg, Vulkaneifel
Sub-basin area
289km²
Upstream area
289km²
Discharge
2,56m³/s
Mean elev.
339m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 207.5 km²71.6% of basin
- 39.6 km²13.7% of basin
- 30.5 km²10.5% of basin
- 12.3 km²4.2% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Zwischen Uess und Kyll
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
72.59 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
55.36 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
17.81 km² overlap
Kyllberg und Steinborner Wald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.10 km² overlap
Orsfeld (Bitburger Gutland)
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.41 km² overlap
Gerolsteiner Kalkeifel
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.60 km² overlap
Gerolstein und Umgebung
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
0.46 km² overlap
Wälder zwischen Wittlich und Cochem
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.45 km² overlap
Moselhänge und Nebentäler der unteren Mosel
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.43 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Mesenberg bei Wittlich
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Mesenberg und Ackerflur bei Wittlich
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.06 km² overlap
Tongruben bei Binsfeld
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 031 distinct species · 28 816 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Salm : 24 espèces reliées par 111 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 15.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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
741mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,05
Runoff
280mm/an
PET
703mm
AET
542mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
339cm
Forest
58%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
51%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)