HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080581700
Bassin de Río Nalón
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 2 administrative regions : Asturias, León
Sub-basin area
661,1km²
Upstream area
661,1km²
Discharge
17,35m³/s
Mean elev.
803m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 660.7 km²99.8% of basin
- 1.6 km²0.2% of basin
16 intersecting protected areas
Redes
IUCN VINatural Park
330.64 km² overlap
Redes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
330.64 km² overlap
Redes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
330.64 km² overlap
Cuencas Mineras
IUCN VProtected Landscape
99.86 km² overlap
Cuencas Mineras
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
99.86 km² overlap
Picos de Europa en Castilla y León
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.51 km² overlap
Picos de Europa en Castilla y León
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.51 km² overlap
Regional Park
1.51 km² overlap
Ponga-Amieva
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.29 km² overlap
7 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Ponga-Amieva
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.29 km² overlap
Ponga
IUCN VINatural Park
1.29 km² overlap
Montaña Central de León
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.15 km² overlap
Aller-Lena
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
0.15 km² overlap
El Tabayón de Mongayo
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.10 km² overlap
Cueva Deboyo
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.03 km² overlap
Ruta del Alba
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 131 distinct species · 62 445 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Río Nalón : 26 espèces reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
10,5°C
Annual rain
856mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,03
Runoff
763mm/an
PET
884mm
AET
653mm
Mean slope
19,9°
Water table
648cm
Forest
87%
Crops
1%
Urban
9%
Protected
65%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)