HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080682860
Bassin de Rio 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 6 administrative regions across 2 countries : Badajoz, Barrancos, Huelva, Moura, Mourão +1
Sub-basin area
908,7km²
Upstream area
3 699km²
Discharge
21,93m³/s
Mean elev.
237m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Múrtigas851 km²
- Bassin de Río Ardila460 km²
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 710.0 km²78.1% of basin
- BarrancosBeja · Portugal89.3 km²9.8% of basin
- 57.4 km²6.3% of basin
- 31.9 km²3.5% of basin
- 20.1 km²2.2% of basin
- 0.7 km²0.1% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Mourão/Moura/Barrancos
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
566.50 km² overlap
Moura / Barrancos
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
366.17 km² overlap
Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
41.53 km² overlap
Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
41.53 km² overlap
Natural Park
41.46 km² overlap
Natura 2000
41.46 km² overlap
Puerto Moral
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.65 km² overlap
Río Ardila Bajo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.57 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 485 distinct species · 56 812 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 Rio Ardila : 26 espèces reliées par 59 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
16,6°C
Annual rain
543mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,55
Runoff
178mm/an
PET
1 219mm
AET
460mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
332cm
Forest
33%
Crops
30%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)