HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080616730
Bassin de Río Mesa
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 : Guadalajara, Soria, Teruel, Zaragoza
Sub-basin area
1 530,7km²
Upstream area
1 530,7km²
Discharge
1,65m³/s
Mean elev.
1 094m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 981.9 km²64.1% of basin
- 525.9 km²34.3% of basin
- 20.1 km²1.3% of basin
- 4.9 km²0.3% of basin
17 intersecting protected areas
Parameras de Maranchón, hoz del Mesa y Aragoncillo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
294.78 km² overlap
Parameras de Maranchón, hoz del Mesa y Aragoncillo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
294.78 km² overlap
Los Romerales - Cerropozuelo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
76.81 km² overlap
Lagunas y parameras del Señorío de Molina
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
61.85 km² overlap
Lagunas y parameras del Señorío de Molina
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
61.85 km² overlap
Hoces del río Mesa
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
53.03 km² overlap
Hoces del río Mesa
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
53.03 km² overlap
Hoces de Río Piedra
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
30.97 km² overlap
Hoces de Torralba -Río Piedra
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
30.38 km² overlap
8 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Sabinares del Jalón
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
20.05 km² overlap
Sierra de Caldereros
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
14.36 km² overlap
Sierra de Caldereros
IUCN IIINatural Monument
14.33 km² overlap
Sierras de Pardos y Santa Cruz
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.21 km² overlap
Montes de la Cuenca de Gallocanta
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.59 km² overlap
Estratotipo de Fuentelsaz
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.86 km² overlap
Cuenca de Gallocanta
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.11 km² overlap
Riberas del Jalón (Bubierca - Ateca)
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 968 distinct species · 42 810 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Mesa : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
10,0°C
Annual rain
496mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
40mm/an
PET
965mm
AET
427mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
449cm
Forest
19%
Crops
44%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)