HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080016400
Bassin du Gapeau
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 1 administrative regions : Var
Sub-basin area
572,3km²
Upstream area
572,4km²
Discharge
11,11m³/s
Mean elev.
308m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 573.3 km²100.0% of basin
29 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Signes81.47 km²61% commune
- Collobrières68.17 km²60% commune
- Pierrefeu-du-Var53.35 km²91% commune
- Cuers50.74 km²100% commune
- Hyères49.56 km²36% commune
- Méounes-lès-Montrieux38.84 km²95% commune
- Puget-Ville37.75 km²100% commune
- Pignans33.41 km²96% commune
- Solliès-Toucas29.89 km²100% commune
- Carnoules25.84 km²100% commune
- La Crau25.46 km²68% commune
- Solliès-Pont18.38 km²100% commune
- Belgentier13.31 km²100% commune
- Mazaugues8.53 km²16% commune
- Besse-sur-Issole8.46 km²23% commune
- Néoules8.42 km²34% commune
- Solliès-Ville6.40 km²46% commune
- Rocbaron4.07 km²20% commune
- Gonfaron2.74 km²7% commune
- La Londe-les-Maures2.16 km²3% commune
- La Farlède2.13 km²26% commune
- Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole1.26 km²11% commune
- Flassans-sur-Issole1.07 km²2% commune
- Le Revest-les-Eaux0.81 km²3% commune
- Évenos0.59 km²1% commune
- La Roquebrussanne0.35 km²1% commune
- Les Mayons0.17 km²1% commune
- Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume0.03 km²0% commune
- Bormes-les-Mimosas0.00 km²0% commune
16 intersecting protected areas
La Sainte-Baume
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
168.00 km² overlap
La plaine et le massif des Maures
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
119.24 km² overlap
Mont Caume - mont Faron - forêt domaniale des Morières
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
60.50 km² overlap
Massif de la Sainte-Baume
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
11.36 km² overlap
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
11.32 km² overlap
Valbelle
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
1.95 km² overlap
Les Maures
IUCN IaForest Integral Biological Reserve
0.56 km² overlap
Morière La Tourne
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.33 km² overlap
Grotte de truebis
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.12 km² overlap
7 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Biotope Protection Order
0.09 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.08 km² overlap
Marais de Gavoty - lac de Bonne Cougne - lac Redon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.06 km² overlap
Mataffe - Hauts De Hyères
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.04 km² overlap
lac gavoty
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.03 km² overlap
Iles d'Hyères
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Rade d'Hyères
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 771 distinct species · 977 052 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Gapeau : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
13,4°C
Annual rain
751mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
527mm/an
PET
887mm
AET
595mm
Mean slope
9,4°
Water table
391cm
Forest
72%
Crops
3%
Urban
9%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)