HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080622320
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Mogadouro, Salamanca, Torre de Moncorvo, Zamora
Sub-basin area
1 183,6km²
Upstream area
72 079,6km²
Discharge
313,05m³/s
Mean elev.
694m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Tormes1122 km²
- Bassin de Río Duero - Rio Douro870 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
7 intersecting protected areas
Douro Internacional
IUCN VNature Park
264.07 km² overlap
Douro Internacional e Vale do Águeda
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
262.08 km² overlap
Arribes del Duero - ZEPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
259.13 km² overlap
Arribes del Duero
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
259.09 km² overlap
Arribes del Duero
IUCN VNatural Park
258.97 km² overlap
Douro Internacional
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
82.38 km² overlap
Riberas de los Ríos Huebra, Yeltes, Uces y afluentes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.79 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 947 distinct species · 55 648 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 : 23 espèces reliées par 81 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 14.4%, 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°
12,3°C
Annual rain
647mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
204mm/an
PET
1 050mm
AET
543mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
402cm
Forest
39%
Crops
23%
Urban
0%
Protected
44%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)