HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080717840
Bassin de Karasu Çayı
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 10 administrative regions across 2 countries : Afrin, Belen, Dörtyol, Hassa, Kumlu +5
Sub-basin area
2 869,3km²
Upstream area
2 869,3km²
Discharge
30,8m³/s
Mean elev.
488m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
10 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 823.0 km²28.7% of basin
- 740.9 km²25.8% of basin
- 548.7 km²19.1% of basin
- 286.3 km²10.0% of basin
- 233.8 km²8.1% of basin
- 111.4 km²3.9% of basin
- 84.0 km²2.9% of basin
- 40.0 km²1.4% of basin
2 moreFull L2 list
- İskenderun2.0 km² · 0.1%
- Dörtyol0.1 km² · 0.0%
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 635 distinct species · 25 946 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Karasu Çayı : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 4 bulles famille, 37 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 9.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
16,7°C
Annual rain
757mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
351mm/an
PET
1 234mm
AET
595mm
Mean slope
7,3°
Water table
285cm
Forest
11%
Crops
48%
Urban
6%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)