HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080682530
Bassin de Río Múrtigas
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
851,1km²
Upstream area
851,2km²
Discharge
6,47m³/s
Mean elev.
483m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 580.3 km²68.1% of basin
- 214.6 km²25.2% of basin
- BarrancosBeja · Portugal56.8 km²6.7% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
579.90 km² overlap
Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
579.90 km² overlap
Natura 2000
579.76 km² overlap
Natural Park
579.34 km² overlap
Mourão/Moura/Barrancos
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
56.84 km² overlap
Moura / Barrancos
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
25.23 km² overlap
Río Ardila Bajo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 562 distinct species · 103 484 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 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 Múrtigas : 31 espèces reliées par 95 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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°
15,6°C
Annual rain
609mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
234mm/an
PET
1 203mm
AET
515mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
664cm
Forest
36%
Crops
19%
Urban
0%
Protected
68%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)