HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080523800
Bassin de Rotten
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 10 administrative regions across 2 countries : Brig, Goms, Interlaken, Leventina, Oberhasli +5
Sub-basin area
987,3km²
Upstream area
987,3km²
Discharge
48,82m³/s
Mean elev.
2 270m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
10 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 567.2 km²57.3% of basin
- 253.3 km²25.6% of basin
- 125.0 km²12.6% of basin
- Visp37.1 km²3.7% of basin
- 3.0 km²0.3% of basin
- 1.8 km²0.2% of basin
- 1.5 km²0.2% of basin
- OberhasliBern · Switzerland0.8 km²0.1% of basin
2 moreFull L2 list
- Interlaken0.0 km² · 0.0%
- Uri0.0 km² · 0.0%
30 intersecting protected areas
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
272.44 km² overlap
Alpjuhorn
IUCN IVFederal Hunting Reserves
25.50 km² overlap
Aletschwald
IUCN IVFederal Hunting Reserves
15.12 km² overlap
Tunetsch
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
4.47 km² overlap
Aletsch
IUCN Not AssignedPrivate Nature Reserves
4.44 km² overlap
Twingi
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
4.37 km² overlap
Aletschwald
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
4.20 km² overlap
Erweiterung Aletschwald
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
3.20 km² overlap
Rhonegletschervorfeld
IUCN Not AssignedRAMSAR Sites
3.17 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Rhonegletschervorfeld
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
3.17 km² overlap
Rhonegletscher
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
3.17 km² overlap
Val Formazza
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.60 km² overlap
Regional/Provincial Nature Park
1.22 km² overlap
Alpi Veglia e Devero - Monte Giove
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.19 km² overlap
Alpi Veglia e Devero - Monte Giove
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.19 km² overlap
Sand
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.40 km² overlap
Chälmatta
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.31 km² overlap
Biela
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.24 km² overlap
Schweif
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.20 km² overlap
Ze Brunnu
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.20 km² overlap
Lüsga
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.19 km² overlap
Rappe
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.18 km² overlap
Salzgäbchnubel
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.17 km² overlap
Hegi
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.17 km² overlap
Gluringen
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.16 km² overlap
Ulrichen
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.16 km² overlap
Halte
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.16 km² overlap
Unneri Brich
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.15 km² overlap
Zeiterbode
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.15 km² overlap
Niesch
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.14 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 855 distinct species · 549 270 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Rotten : 13 espèces reliées par 163 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 30.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 20 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°
-0,2°C
Annual rain
1 857mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,75
Runoff
1 425mm/an
PET
423mm
AET
421mm
Mean slope
25,3°
Water table
831cm
Forest
39%
Crops
1%
Urban
2%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)