HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080056650
Bassin de Bowes River
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 : Chapman Valley, Northampton
Sub-basin area
713km²
Upstream area
713,1km²
Discharge
1,21m³/s
Mean elev.
177m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 692.2 km²97.2% of basin
- 19.7 km²2.8% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Unnamed WA06547
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.89 km² overlap
Unnamed WA9106
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.41 km² overlap
Blue Well
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.29 km² overlap
Oakabella
IUCN IaNature Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 003 distinct species · 4 328 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Bowes River : 18 espèces reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.8%, 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°
19,5°C
Annual rain
473mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,69
Runoff
54mm/an
PET
1 552mm
AET
401mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
545cm
Forest
0%
Crops
97%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)