HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080619270
Bassin de Rio Sabor
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 5 administrative regions : Alfândega da Fé, Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Mogadouro, Torre de Moncorvo
Sub-basin area
679,1km²
Upstream area
3 524,1km²
Discharge
34,41m³/s
Mean elev.
528m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Azibo290 km²
- Bassin de Rio Sabor277 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
5 intersecting protected areas
Rios Sabor e Maçãs
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
176.39 km² overlap
Rios Sabor e Maçãs
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
93.29 km² overlap
Douro Internacional e Vale do Águeda
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
53.54 km² overlap
Douro Internacional
IUCN VNature Park
49.57 km² overlap
Morais
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 769 distinct species · 365 638 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Rio Sabor : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 87 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 15.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
13,1°C
Annual rain
752mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
278mm/an
PET
1 065mm
AET
603mm
Mean slope
9,8°
Water table
431cm
Forest
37%
Crops
32%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)