HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080016290
Bassin du Loup
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 : Alpes-Maritimes, Var
Sub-basin area
1 254,8km²
Upstream area
1 254,8km²
Discharge
1,7m³/s
Mean elev.
494m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 831.6 km²66.1% of basin
- 404.0 km²32.1% of basin
60 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Raphaël91.64 km²100% commune
- Mons77.03 km²99% commune
- Tanneron54.42 km²100% commune
- Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey52.21 km²100% commune
- Gréolières46.26 km²88% commune
- Grasse44.54 km²100% commune
- Vence39.41 km²100% commune
- Cipières38.60 km²100% commune
- Fréjus36.07 km²35% commune
- Andon33.63 km²62% commune
- Montauroux32.75 km²89% commune
- Mandelieu-la-Napoule32.55 km²100% commune
- Coursegoules32.46 km²78% commune
- Tourrettes30.29 km²88% commune
- Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne29.88 km²100% commune
- Tourrettes-sur-Loup28.79 km²100% commune
- Antibes27.64 km²100% commune
- Caussols26.67 km²100% commune
- Escragnolles26.53 km²100% commune
- Mougins26.46 km²100% commune
- Gourdon22.97 km²100% commune
- Seillans22.69 km²25% commune
- Callian22.57 km²88% commune
- Roquefort-les-Pins21.83 km²100% commune
- Cannes21.39 km²100% commune
- Valbonne20.57 km²100% commune
- Villeneuve-Loubet20.44 km²100% commune
- Fayence19.68 km²71% commune
- Cagnes-sur-Mer17.57 km²99% commune
- Courmes16.09 km²100% commune
- Le Bar-sur-Loup15.21 km²100% commune
- Biot15.17 km²100% commune
- Vallauris13.54 km²100% commune
- Mouans-Sartoux12.28 km²100% commune
- Le Tignet11.55 km²100% commune
- Pégomas10.87 km²100% commune
- Théoule-sur-Mer10.80 km²100% commune
- La Colle-sur-Loup9.76 km²100% commune
- Peymeinade9.62 km²100% commune
- Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel9.29 km²42% commune
- Châteauneuf-Grasse8.93 km²100% commune
- Opio8.86 km²100% commune
- La Gaude8.31 km²62% commune
- Saint-Jeannet8.15 km²56% commune
- Le Cannet7.46 km²100% commune
- La Roque-Esclapon7.43 km²28% commune
- Saint-Paul7.30 km²100% commune
- Le Rouret7.19 km²100% commune
- Caille6.76 km²40% commune
- Bézaudun-les-Alpes6.55 km²31% commune
- La Roquette-sur-Siagne6.33 km²100% commune
- Cabris5.62 km²100% commune
- Auribeau-sur-Siagne5.15 km²100% commune
- Spéracèdes3.55 km²100% commune
- Séranon2.89 km²12% commune
- Saint-Laurent-du-Var2.76 km²28% commune
- Le Broc0.27 km²1% commune
- Gattières0.17 km²2% commune
- Saint-Paul-en-Forêt0.17 km²1% commune
- Le Mas0.05 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
Préalpes D’Azur
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
441.38 km² overlap
Préalpes de Grasse
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
220.63 km² overlap
Préalpes de Grasse
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
176.28 km² overlap
Esterel
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
77.23 km² overlap
Gorges de la Siagne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
49.23 km² overlap
Rivière et gorges du Loup
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
36.18 km² overlap
Massif de l\'esterel
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
11.87 km² overlap
Baie et cap d'Antibes - îles de Lerins
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.93 km² overlap
Montagne de Malay
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.05 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Perthus
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
1.98 km² overlap
Massif Du Terme Blanc
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
1.73 km² overlap
Mal-Infernet
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
1.70 km² overlap
Dôme de Biot
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.70 km² overlap
Ile Sainte Marguerite
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
1.50 km² overlap
Suvières
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
1.30 km² overlap
Avens De Caille
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
1.24 km² overlap
Rastel d’agay
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.21 km² overlap
Embouchure de l'Argens
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.16 km² overlap
Batterie du graillon
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.10 km² overlap
calern
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.85 km² overlap
La croix des gardes
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.61 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.39 km² overlap
Base aeronavale de frejus
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.32 km² overlap
Etangs de villepey
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.29 km² overlap
Les étangs de Villepey
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.28 km² overlap
Massif du paradou
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.24 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.10 km² overlap
Bois de la garoupe
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.09 km² overlap
Grotte Aux Peintures
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.05 km² overlap
Grotte Au Guano
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 736 distinct species · 1 914 078 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 du Loup : 24 espèces reliées par 95 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 13.5%, 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°
12,2°C
Annual rain
867mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,01
Runoff
612mm/an
PET
861mm
AET
625mm
Mean slope
10,5°
Water table
428cm
Forest
46%
Crops
8%
Urban
29%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)