HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080665430
Bassin de Río Ruecas
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 : Badajoz, Cáceres
Sub-basin area
1 914km²
Upstream area
1 914km²
Discharge
7,21m³/s
Mean elev.
391m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1188.2 km²62.0% of basin
- 727.5 km²38.0% of basin
17 intersecting protected areas
Llanos de Zorita y Embalse de Sierra Brava
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
186.86 km² overlap
Vegas del Ruecas, Cubilar y Moheda Alta
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
142.21 km² overlap
Arrozales de Palazuelo y Guadalperales
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
133.17 km² overlap
Dehesas del Ruecas y Cubilar
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
74.40 km² overlap
Embalse de Orellana y Sierra de Pela
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
41.58 km² overlap
Embalse de Orellana y Sierra de Pela
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
41.58 km² overlap
Sierra de las Villuercas y Valle del Guadarranque
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
22.41 km² overlap
Sierra de las Villuercas y Valle del Guadarranque
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
22.41 km² overlap
Río Ruecas Alto
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.78 km² overlap
8 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Sierra de Cabezas de Aguila
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.24 km² overlap
Moheda Alta
IUCN VIPeriurban Park
1.57 km² overlap
Río Guadiana Alto - Zujar
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.64 km² overlap
Tunel de Cañamero
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.06 km² overlap
Refugio del Alto de San Blas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.05 km² overlap
El Guapero
IUCN IVSite of scientific interest
0.01 km² overlap
Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Acedera
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Charneca del Cuquil
IUCN IIISingular tree
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 179 distinct species · 200 801 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Ruecas : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 44 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.1%, 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°
16,0°C
Annual rain
469mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
121mm/an
PET
1 258mm
AET
398mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
410cm
Forest
12%
Crops
43%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)