HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080527230
Bassin de Maggia
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 across 2 countries : Leventina, Locarno, Vallemaggia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Sub-basin area
930,2km²
Upstream area
930,2km²
Discharge
45,51m³/s
Mean elev.
1 519m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 559.5 km²60.0% of basin
- Locarno203.4 km²21.8% of basin
- 168.6 km²18.1% of basin
- 0.9 km²0.1% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Lavizzara e Bignasco
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
18.35 km² overlap
Val Formazza
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
17.11 km² overlap
Valli Busai e Soladino
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
12.82 km² overlap
Onsernone
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
7.91 km² overlap
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
7.70 km² overlap
Valle di Lodano
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
7.67 km² overlap
Monte di Brissago
IUCN Not AssignedEmerald Sites
4.93 km² overlap
Monte di Brissago
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
4.93 km² overlap
Valle Magia
IUCN Not AssignedEmerald Sites
4.14 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Maggia
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
4.14 km² overlap
Maggia
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
4.06 km² overlap
Palagnedra
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
3.87 km² overlap
Arena
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
1.71 km² overlap
Parco Maia
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.99 km² overlap
Ghiacciaio del Basòdino W
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.84 km² overlap
Sonlèrt-Sabbione
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.81 km² overlap
Saleggio
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.71 km² overlap
Lanca Saligin
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.68 km² overlap
Somprei-Lovalt
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.63 km² overlap
Casone
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.38 km² overlap
Alta Val Formazza
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.37 km² overlap
Piano di Arbigo
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.35 km² overlap
Alpe Pianascio
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.27 km² overlap
Gaggio
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.23 km² overlap
Mött di Tirman
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.23 km² overlap
Delta della Maggia
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.22 km² overlap
Campo Tencia
IUCN IVFederal Hunting Reserves
0.21 km² overlap
Val Grande
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.16 km² overlap
Val Grande
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.16 km² overlap
National Park
0.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 126 distinct species · 465 628 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 Maggia : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 111 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 18.7%, 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°
4,4°C
Annual rain
1 489mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,60
Runoff
1 497mm/an
PET
573mm
AET
570mm
Mean slope
28,4°
Water table
991cm
Forest
76%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)