HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080656770
Bassin de Río Estena
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 4 administrative regions : Badajoz, Ciudad Real, Cáceres, Toledo
Sub-basin area
973,9km²
Upstream area
973,9km²
Discharge
3,57m³/s
Mean elev.
692m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 481.2 km²49.4% of basin
- 385.0 km²39.5% of basin
- 99.8 km²10.2% of basin
- 8.8 km²0.9% of basin
13 intersecting protected areas
Montes de Toledo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
284.08 km² overlap
Montes de Toledo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
284.08 km² overlap
Cabañeros
IUCN IINacional Park
175.45 km² overlap
Estena
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
52.33 km² overlap
Ríos de la cuenca media del Guadiana y laderas vertientes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
44.23 km² overlap
Ríos de la cuenca media del Guadiana y laderas vertientes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
44.23 km² overlap
La Jara
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
32.93 km² overlap
La Jara
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
32.93 km² overlap
Rincón del Torozo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.24 km² overlap
4 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Rincón del Torozo
IUCN IVMicroreserve
3.15 km² overlap
Sierra de las Villuercas y Valle del Guadarranque
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.41 km² overlap
Sierra de las Villuercas y Valle del Guadarranque
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.41 km² overlap
Garganta de las Lanchas
IUCN IVMicroreserve
0.27 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 997 distinct species · 18 599 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 Estena : 27 espèces reliées par 81 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
14,2°C
Annual rain
451mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,62
Runoff
105mm/an
PET
1 200mm
AET
384mm
Mean slope
7,9°
Water table
672cm
Forest
52%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)