HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080645690
Bassin de Río Tajo
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 2 administrative regions : Madrid, Toledo
Sub-basin area
56,4km²
Upstream area
22 729,2km²
Discharge
67,58m³/s
Mean elev.
491m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Arroyo Cedrón1041 km²
- Bassin de Río Tajo717 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 37.4 km²66.2% of basin
- 19.1 km²33.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Carrizales y sotos de Aranjuez
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
18.91 km² overlap
Vegas, cuestas y páramos del sureste de Madrid
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
18.91 km² overlap
Carrizales y sotos del Jarama y Tajo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.32 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
253 distinct species · 8 287 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Tajo : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 60 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
15,0°C
Annual rain
390mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,67
Runoff
62mm/an
PET
1 179mm
AET
334mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
143cm
Forest
0%
Crops
74%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)