HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080682440
Bassin de Río Ardila
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, Barrancos, Huelva
Sub-basin area
460,3km²
Upstream area
1 939,2km²
Discharge
10,35m³/s
Mean elev.
372m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Ardila281 km²
- Bassin de Arroyo del Guijo231 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 419.3 km²91.0% of basin
- BarrancosBeja · Portugal22.3 km²4.8% of basin
- 19.1 km²4.1% of basin
10 intersecting protected areas
Dehesas de Jerez
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
24.76 km² overlap
Dehesas de Jerez
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
24.76 km² overlap
Moura / Barrancos
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
22.30 km² overlap
Mourão/Moura/Barrancos
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
22.25 km² overlap
Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
18.86 km² overlap
Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
18.86 km² overlap
Natura 2000
18.85 km² overlap
Natural Park
18.80 km² overlap
Río Ardila Bajo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.30 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Jerez de los Caballeros
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.66 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 365 distinct species · 26 894 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Ardila : 25 espèces reliées par 84 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 13.3%, 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°
16,0°C
Annual rain
573mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
190mm/an
PET
1 225mm
AET
485mm
Mean slope
5,6°
Water table
572cm
Forest
45%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)