HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080491630
Bassin de Töss
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 15 administrative regions across 2 countries : Andelfingen, Bülach, Dielsdorf, Hinwil, Meilen +10
Sub-basin area
1 033,5km²
Upstream area
14 731,1km²
Discharge
456,64m³/s
Mean elev.
541m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Thur1758 km²
- Bassin de Rhein1091 km²
15 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- WinterthurZürich · Switzerland177.6 km²17.1% of basin
- BülachZürich · Switzerland176.3 km²17.0% of basin
- PfäffikonZürich · Switzerland164.0 km²15.8% of basin
- UsterZürich · Switzerland121.1 km²11.7% of basin
- HinwilZürich · Switzerland115.9 km²11.2% of basin
- DielsdorfZürich · Switzerland99.4 km²9.6% of basin
- 54.4 km²5.3% of basin
- Zurzach41.3 km²4.0% of basin
7 moreFull L2 list
- Zürich33.6 km² · 3.2%
- Meilen18.1 km² · 1.7%
- Andelfingen16.9 km² · 1.6%
- Schaffhausen10.1 km² · 1.0%
- See-Gaster4.2 km² · 0.4%
- Münchwilen1.9 km² · 0.2%
- Toggenburg1.6 km² · 0.2%
30 intersecting protected areas
Hohentengen
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
21.39 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
11.88 km² overlap
Pfäffikersee
IUCN Not AssignedEmerald Sites
11.00 km² overlap
Pfäffikersee
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
11.00 km² overlap
Greifensee (ZH)
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Reserves for Waterbirds and Migratory Birds of International and National Imp.
8.93 km² overlap
Pfäffikersee (ZH)
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Reserves for Waterbirds and Migratory Birds of International and National Imp.
6.17 km² overlap
Klettgaurücken
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.07 km² overlap
Chatzensee
IUCN Not AssignedEmerald Sites
3.75 km² overlap
Chatzensee
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
3.75 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Hochrhein östl. Waldshut
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.26 km² overlap
Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
2.00 km² overlap
Robenhauserriet/Pfäffikersee
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Fenlands of National Importance
2.00 km² overlap
Neeracher Ried (ZH)
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Reserves for Waterbirds and Migratory Birds of International and National Imp.
1.97 km² overlap
Robenhauserried
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
1.51 km² overlap
Oberglatt
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
1.17 km² overlap
Thurspitz
IUCN Not AssignedEmerald Sites
1.08 km² overlap
Thurspitz
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
1.08 km² overlap
Eggrank-Thurspitz
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
1.02 km² overlap
Neeracher Riet
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Fenlands of National Importance
1.02 km² overlap
Kiesgrube Rüteren
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.99 km² overlap
Greifenseeschutzgebiet-Maur
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.93 km² overlap
Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.86 km² overlap
Holibuch-Stutzgänter
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.76 km² overlap
Greifenseeschutzgebiet-Fällanden
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.73 km² overlap
Bowald-Hinterer Etelbuck
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.71 km² overlap
Chatzensee, Chräenriet
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.70 km² overlap
Böschen/Suelen/Stritgfänn
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Fenlands of National Importance
0.68 km² overlap
Eigental, Pantliried
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.66 km² overlap
Musital
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.60 km² overlap
Tösswald
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.59 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 015 distinct species · 2 089 391 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Töss : 22 espèces reliées par 153 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 23.0%, 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°
8,7°C
Annual rain
1 100mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,31
Runoff
876mm/an
PET
754mm
AET
713mm
Mean slope
6,3°
Water table
264cm
Forest
72%
Crops
12%
Urban
43%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)