HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080646840
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 1 administrative regions : Cáceres
Sub-basin area
629,5km²
Upstream area
36 745,4km²
Discharge
119,68m³/s
Mean elev.
435m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 3 basins
- Bassin · #2080093560291 km²
- Bassin de Arroyo de Lanchuela282 km²
- Bassin de Río Tajo216 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 630.1 km²100.0% of basin
14 intersecting protected areas
Monfragüe
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
237.51 km² overlap
Monfragüe y las Dehesas del Entorno
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
237.51 km² overlap
Monfragüe
IUCN IINacional Park
97.07 km² overlap
Embalse de Valdecañas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
19.36 km² overlap
Sierra de las Villuercas y Valle del Guadarranque
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
13.77 km² overlap
Sierra de las Villuercas y Valle del Guadarranque
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
13.77 km² overlap
Embalse de Arrocampo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
8.30 km² overlap
Dehesa Camadilla de Almaraz
IUCN VIPeriurban Park
0.18 km² overlap
El Sierro
IUCN IVSite of scientific interest
0.09 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Saucedilla
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.03 km² overlap
Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Belvis de Monroy
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.02 km² overlap
Alcornoque de la Dehesa
IUCN IIISingular tree
0.00 km² overlap
Alcornoque de los Cercones
IUCN IIISingular tree
0.00 km² overlap
Alcornoque del Venero
IUCN IIISingular tree
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 118 distinct species · 206 853 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
15,4°C
Annual rain
440mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
206mm/an
PET
1 207mm
AET
375mm
Mean slope
7,8°
Water table
659cm
Forest
48%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
16%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)