HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080582630
Bassin de Ардон
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 8 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alagirskiy rayon, Ardonskiy rayon, Digorskiy rayon, Irafskiy rayon, Java +3
Sub-basin area
1 229km²
Upstream area
1 229km²
Discharge
38,94m³/s
Mean elev.
2 277m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
8 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1002.0 km²81.4% of basin
- 126.5 km²10.3% of basin
- 74.7 km²6.1% of basin
- 15.1 km²1.2% of basin
- 6.8 km²0.6% of basin
- 3.8 km²0.3% of basin
- 1.1 km²0.1% of basin
- Kirovskiy rayon1.1 km²0.1% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Severo-Osetinskij
IUCN IaState Natural Zapovednik
250.99 km² overlap
Cejskij
IUCN IbState Natural Zakaznik
58.51 km² overlap
Alaniya
IUCN IINational Park
2.62 km² overlap
Urochishhe Bekan
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.71 km² overlap
Kazbegi National Park
IUCN IINational Park
0.47 km² overlap
Ratcha 2
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
0.35 km² overlap
Racha National Park
IUCN IINational Park
0.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 835 distinct species · 8 860 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Ардон : 20 espèces reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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°
1,3°C
Annual rain
975mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,29
Runoff
669mm/an
PET
687mm
AET
652mm
Mean slope
25,3°
Water table
801cm
Forest
19%
Crops
11%
Urban
1%
Protected
55%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)