HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080622580
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Salamanca
Sub-basin area
5,9km²
Upstream area
75 256,7km²
Discharge
331,16m³/s
Mean elev.
279m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ribeira de Mós195 km²
- Bassin de Arroyo Rolloso92 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
6 intersecting protected areas
Douro Internacional e Vale do Águeda
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.17 km² overlap
Douro Internacional
IUCN VNature Park
4.17 km² overlap
Arribes del Duero
IUCN VNatural Park
1.77 km² overlap
Arribes del Duero
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.76 km² overlap
Arribes del Duero - ZEPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.76 km² overlap
Douro Internacional
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
0.64 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
960 distinct species · 12 119 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 Duero - Rio Douro : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.1%, 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°
14,9°C
Annual rain
685mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
263mm/an
PET
1 123mm
AET
581mm
Mean slope
14,4°
Water table
586cm
Forest
86%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)