HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080633810
Bassin de Río Tormes
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 : Cáceres, Salamanca, Ávila
Sub-basin area
990,4km²
Upstream area
990,4km²
Discharge
10,49m³/s
Mean elev.
1 485m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 968.5 km²97.7% of basin
- 22.3 km²2.2% of basin
- 0.7 km²0.1% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Sierra de Gredos
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
542.99 km² overlap
Sierra de Gredos
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
542.99 km² overlap
Sierra de Gredos
IUCN VRegional Park
541.21 km² overlap
Riberas del Río Tormes y afluentes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.51 km² overlap
Sierra de Gredos y Valle del Jerte
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.67 km² overlap
Candelario
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.18 km² overlap
Candelario - ZEPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.18 km² overlap
Garganta de los Infiernos
IUCN IbNature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 748 distinct species · 157 317 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Tormes : 23 espèces reliées par 86 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 14.5%, 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°
9,0°C
Annual rain
643mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
288mm/an
PET
966mm
AET
528mm
Mean slope
11,6°
Water table
697cm
Forest
62%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
55%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)