HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080663800
Bassin de Riu Xúquer
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 : Albacete, Valencia
Sub-basin area
1 258,1km²
Upstream area
17 430,3km²
Discharge
36,14m³/s
Mean elev.
519m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Arroyo de Ledaña2462 km²
- Bassin de Arroyo La Cañada401 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1257.7 km²99.9% of basin
- 1.5 km²0.1% of basin
20 intersecting protected areas
Sierra de Martés-Muela de Cortes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1014.32 km² overlap
Muela de Cortes y el Caroche
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
535.53 km² overlap
Sierras de Martés y el Ave
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
204.21 km² overlap
Serra d'Enguera
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.80 km² overlap
Umbría la Plana
IUCN VNature Place (Local Interest)
4.18 km² overlap
Nature Place (Local Interest)
3.74 km² overlap
Valle de Ayora y Sierra del Boquerón
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.18 km² overlap
Riu Xúquer
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
1.80 km² overlap
Embalse de Embarcaderos
IUCN IVWetland Site
0.89 km² overlap
11 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Los Chorradores
IUCN VNature Place (Local Interest)
0.29 km² overlap
La Cabrentá
IUCN VNature Place (Local Interest)
0.01 km² overlap
Sima de les Graelles-Tous
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.01 km² overlap
Cova de la Moneda-Cotes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.01 km² overlap
Cueva Hermosa y Cueva del Alba
IUCN IIICave
0.00 km² overlap
Cueva Dones
IUCN IIICave
0.00 km² overlap
Cueva de las Maravillas
IUCN IIICave
0.00 km² overlap
Cueva de los Arroces
IUCN IIICave
0.00 km² overlap
Sima de la Llenca del Serrano
IUCN IIICave
0.00 km² overlap
Cova de les Graelles
IUCN IIICave
0.00 km² overlap
Cova de la Moneda
IUCN IIICave
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 663 distinct species · 112 583 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 Riu Xúquer : 34 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 71 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.9%, 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
452mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,59
Runoff
81mm/an
PET
1 102mm
AET
386mm
Mean slope
8,9°
Water table
586cm
Forest
32%
Crops
16%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)