HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080695180
Bassin de Río Castril
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 : Granada, Jaén
Sub-basin area
1 104,3km²
Upstream area
3 586,1km²
Discharge
7,28m³/s
Mean elev.
1 072m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Guardal1681 km²
- Bassin de Río Baza801 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 900.5 km²81.5% of basin
- 204.4 km²18.5% of basin
18 intersecting protected areas
Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
172.84 km² overlap
Natural Park
172.84 km² overlap
Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
172.84 km² overlap
Natura 2000
172.84 km² overlap
Sierra de Castril
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
115.90 km² overlap
Sierra de Castril
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
115.90 km² overlap
Sierra de Castril
IUCN VNatural Park
115.90 km² overlap
Sierra de Castril
IUCN IVNatura 2000
115.90 km² overlap
Sierra de Baza
IUCN IVNatura 2000
70.23 km² overlap
9 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Sierra de Baza
IUCN VNatural Park
70.23 km² overlap
Sierra de Baza
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
70.23 km² overlap
Sierra de Baza Norte
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.98 km² overlap
Sierra de Baza Norte
IUCN IVNatura 2000
3.98 km² overlap
Río Guadiana Menor - Tramo Superior
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.97 km² overlap
Río Guadiana Menor - Tramo SupeRíor
IUCN Not AssignedNatura 2000
0.97 km² overlap
Sierras del Nordeste
IUCN IVNatura 2000
0.61 km² overlap
Sierra de La Sagra
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.61 km² overlap
Peña de Castril
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 069 distinct species · 108 801 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Castril : 29 espèces reliées par 112 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 13.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
13,3°C
Annual rain
508mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
85mm/an
PET
1 160mm
AET
432mm
Mean slope
9,3°
Water table
595cm
Forest
14%
Crops
67%
Urban
0%
Protected
32%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)