HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080617030
Bassin de Río Duero - Rio Douro
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 : Miranda do Douro, Mogadouro, Vimioso, Zamora
Sub-basin area
869,5km²
Upstream area
63 842,1km²
Discharge
277,72m³/s
Mean elev.
728m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Esla1749 km²
- Bassin de Río Duero791 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
8 intersecting protected areas
Arribes del Duero
IUCN VNatural Park
323.23 km² overlap
Arribes del Duero
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
322.29 km² overlap
Arribes del Duero - ZEPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
322.09 km² overlap
Douro Internacional e Vale do Águeda
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
316.83 km² overlap
Douro Internacional
IUCN VNature Park
269.30 km² overlap
Douro Internacional
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
65.74 km² overlap
Cañones del Duero - ZEPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
10.02 km² overlap
Cañones del Duero
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 648 distinct species · 90 691 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Duero - Rio Douro : 14 espèces reliées par 53 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 17.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
11,9°C
Annual rain
534mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
162mm/an
PET
1 054mm
AET
453mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
637cm
Forest
35%
Crops
29%
Urban
0%
Protected
68%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)