HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080622310
Bassin de 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 : Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Torre de Moncorvo, Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Sub-basin area
46km²
Upstream area
77 880,5km²
Discharge
352,21m³/s
Mean elev.
348m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Águeda2578 km²
- Bassin de Río Duero - Rio Douro6 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
3 intersecting protected areas
Douro Internacional e Vale do Águeda
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
46.02 km² overlap
Douro Internacional
IUCN VNature Park
29.03 km² overlap
Douro Internacional
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
24.85 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
382 distinct species · 3 654 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Douro : 30 espèces reliées par 94 interactions GloBI sur 7 types (connectance 10.9%, 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°
14,4°C
Annual rain
744mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
272mm/an
PET
1 104mm
AET
604mm
Mean slope
13,4°
Water table
469cm
Forest
88%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
68%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)