HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080499980
Bassin de Aare
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 11 administrative regions : Aarwangen, Burgdorf, Fraubrunnen, Gäu, Lebern +6
Sub-basin area
557,8km²
Upstream area
9 936km²
Discharge
259,2m³/s
Mean elev.
575m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Emme981 km²
- Bassin de la Suze570 km²
11 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- AarwangenBern · Switzerland150.0 km²26.8% of basin
- WangenBern · Switzerland112.2 km²20.1% of basin
- BurgdorfBern · Switzerland82.6 km²14.8% of basin
- TrachselwaldBern · Switzerland70.5 km²12.6% of basin
- WasseramtSolothurn · Switzerland48.5 km²8.7% of basin
- Willisau23.9 km²4.3% of basin
- Zofingen22.3 km²4.0% of basin
- LebernSolothurn · Switzerland18.7 km²3.3% of basin
3 moreFull L2 list
- Gäu16.8 km² · 3.0%
- Olten10.8 km² · 1.9%
- Fraubrunnen3.1 km² · 0.6%
30 intersecting protected areas
Oberaargau
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
114.28 km² overlap
Oberaargau
IUCN Not AssignedEmerald Sites
114.27 km² overlap
Mettlenrain - Höchi
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
1.67 km² overlap
Rebberg-Trottenhubel
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.87 km² overlap
Fätzholz West
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.53 km² overlap
Ruppoldingen
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.39 km² overlap
Rainbann
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.34 km² overlap
Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.29 km² overlap
Langholz
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.24 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Holzmatt/Dälebann
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.22 km² overlap
Vogelraupfi
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.16 km² overlap
Federal Inventory of Reserves for Waterbirds and Migratory Birds of International and National Imp.
0.15 km² overlap
Erlenschachen
IUCN Not AssignedPrivate Nature Reserves
0.14 km² overlap
Erlenschachen
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.14 km² overlap
Chli Aarli
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.13 km² overlap
Brunnenkresse
IUCN Not AssignedPrivate Nature Reserves
0.12 km² overlap
Unter Balmberg
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.11 km² overlap
Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.11 km² overlap
Buechrain
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.09 km² overlap
Stockmösli
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.09 km² overlap
Schmittenweiher
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.09 km² overlap
Buechmatt
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.08 km² overlap
Schachen
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.08 km² overlap
Waldreservat Steihöli -Steibächli
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.08 km² overlap
Zinsibrunnen
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.07 km² overlap
Mumenthaler Weiher
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.06 km² overlap
Chamben
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.06 km² overlap
Möösli - Geissweierhubel
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.05 km² overlap
Chlepfibeerimoos (15004)
IUCN Not AssignedPrivate Nature Reserves
0.05 km² overlap
Erlimoos
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 928 distinct species · 549 746 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Aare : 8 espèces reliées par 281 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 22.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 42 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°
8,5°C
Annual rain
1 013mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,25
Runoff
740mm/an
PET
752mm
AET
680mm
Mean slope
5,9°
Water table
223cm
Forest
61%
Crops
11%
Urban
16%
Protected
21%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)