HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080514370
Bassin de Kander
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 13 administrative regions : Frutigen, Hérens, Interlaken, Leuk, Niedersimmental +8
Sub-basin area
1 148,5km²
Upstream area
1 148,5km²
Discharge
33,07m³/s
Mean elev.
1 682m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
13 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- FrutigenBern · Switzerland464.9 km²40.4% of basin
- ObersimmentalBern · Switzerland315.9 km²27.4% of basin
- NiedersimmentalBern · Switzerland299.1 km²26.0% of basin
- Leuk34.5 km²3.0% of basin
- SaanenBern · Switzerland17.6 km²1.5% of basin
- ThunBern · Switzerland12.7 km²1.1% of basin
- 3.5 km²0.3% of basin
- 2.4 km²0.2% of basin
5 moreFull L2 list
- Sierre0.5 km² · 0.0%
- Schwarzenburg0.3 km² · 0.0%
- West Raron0.1 km² · 0.0%
- Interlaken0.1 km² · 0.0%
- Seftigen0.0 km² · 0.0%
30 intersecting protected areas
Kiental
IUCN IVFederal Hunting Reserves
83.64 km² overlap
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
82.08 km² overlap
Grosswaldreservat Diemtigtal
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
29.51 km² overlap
Leukerbad
IUCN IVFederal Hunting Reserves
9.83 km² overlap
Morgetetal
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
3.34 km² overlap
Rezligletscher
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
3.09 km² overlap
Kanderfirn
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
3.09 km² overlap
Wildstrubelgletscher
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
2.82 km² overlap
Federal Inventory of Reserves for Waterbirds and Migratory Birds of International and National Imp.
2.57 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Engstligenalp
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
2.13 km² overlap
Gastereholz
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
1.62 km² overlap
Kiental
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
1.52 km² overlap
Schwarzenmatt
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
1.39 km² overlap
Biberg
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
1.36 km² overlap
Greberegg
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
1.33 km² overlap
Bawald / Faltschen
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
1.23 km² overlap
Holzspicherwald
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.92 km² overlap
Engstlige: Bim Stei-Oybedly
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.90 km² overlap
Gastereholz
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.88 km² overlap
Gamchigletscher
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.84 km² overlap
Hornbrügg
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.81 km² overlap
Otteremeder
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.76 km² overlap
Augand
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.72 km² overlap
Tschingel
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.68 km² overlap
Rüwlisepass
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Fenlands of National Importance
0.64 km² overlap
Färmelmeder
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.61 km² overlap
Hundsrügg
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.58 km² overlap
Lindital
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.57 km² overlap
Lengachere
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.56 km² overlap
Mittelweid
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.56 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 277 distinct species · 813 030 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 Kander : 8 espèces reliées par 109 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 39.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 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°
3,0°C
Annual rain
1 556mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,61
Runoff
917mm/an
PET
549mm
AET
538mm
Mean slope
23,8°
Water table
696cm
Forest
67%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)