HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080680540
Bassin de río Alcarrache
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Badajoz, Moura, Mourão
Sub-basin area
995,8km²
Upstream area
995,8km²
Discharge
4,97m³/s
Mean elev.
317m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 789.2 km²79.2% of basin
- 138.5 km²13.9% of basin
- 68.7 km²6.9% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Dehesas de Jerez
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
384.14 km² overlap
Dehesas de Jerez
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
384.14 km² overlap
Mourão/Moura/Barrancos
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
145.76 km² overlap
Río Alcarrache
IUCN IVEcological corridor
14.88 km² overlap
Río Alcarrache
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
13.34 km² overlap
Sierras de Alor y Monte Longo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 315 distinct species · 32 609 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Alcarrache : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 49 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.9%, 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°
16,2°C
Annual rain
564mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,54
Runoff
158mm/an
PET
1 227mm
AET
477mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
360cm
Forest
34%
Crops
25%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)