HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080647380
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 : Cáceres, Toledo
Sub-basin area
690km²
Upstream area
35 410,5km²
Discharge
109,65m³/s
Mean elev.
478m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Huso384 km²
- Bassin de Río Tamujoso115 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 397.2 km²57.5% of basin
- 293.6 km²42.5% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Llanuras de Oropesa, Lagartera y Calera y Chozas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
34.52 km² overlap
Llanuras de Oropesa, Lagartera y Calera y Chozas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
34.52 km² overlap
Rios de la margen izquierda del Tajo y berrocales del Tajo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
21.85 km² overlap
Rios de la margen izquierda del Tajo y berrocales del Tajo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
21.85 km² overlap
Sierra de las Villuercas y Valle del Guadarranque
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
18.86 km² overlap
Sierra de las Villuercas y Valle del Guadarranque
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
18.86 km² overlap
Embalse de Valdecañas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.84 km² overlap
Enebro de Carrascalejo
IUCN IIISingular tree
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
888 distinct species · 13 410 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 Tajo : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 56 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
15,1°C
Annual rain
408mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,66
Runoff
183mm/an
PET
1 209mm
AET
348mm
Mean slope
3,7°
Water table
569cm
Forest
15%
Crops
32%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)