HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080016440
Bassin de l'Huveaune
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 : Bouches-du-Rhône, Var
Sub-basin area
494,3km²
Upstream area
494,3km²
Discharge
7,22m³/s
Mean elev.
317m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 434.9 km²87.8% of basin
- 60.3 km²12.2% of basin
40 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Aubagne54.26 km²99% commune
- Allauch50.40 km²100% commune
- Auriol44.24 km²100% commune
- Marseille, 11e arrondissement33.31 km²100% commune
- Gémenos32.35 km²98% commune
- Marseille, 13e arrondissement27.66 km²99% commune
- Saint-Zacharie27.44 km²100% commune
- Marseille, 9e arrondissement26.97 km²42% commune
- Roquevaire23.74 km²100% commune
- Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume21.03 km²84% commune
- Roquefort-la-Bédoule20.83 km²69% commune
- Trets14.70 km²21% commune
- Marseille, 12e arrondissement13.86 km²100% commune
- Peypin13.54 km²100% commune
- La Bouilladisse12.84 km²100% commune
- Marseille, 10e arrondissement10.87 km²100% commune
- Nans-les-Pins10.54 km²22% commune
- Plan-de-Cuques8.56 km²100% commune
- Mimet6.14 km²33% commune
- Belcodène4.56 km²35% commune
- Cadolive4.42 km²100% commune
- Saint-Savournin4.11 km²74% commune
- Marseille, 8e arrondissement3.98 km²19% commune
- Simiane-Collongue3.82 km²13% commune
- La Penne-sur-Huveaune3.58 km²100% commune
- La Destrousse3.01 km²100% commune
- Carnoux-en-Provence2.82 km²75% commune
- Marseille, 4e arrondissement2.49 km²83% commune
- Marseille, 5e arrondissement1.86 km²84% commune
- Cuges-les-Pins1.64 km²4% commune
- Peynier1.35 km²5% commune
- Marseille, 14e arrondissement0.93 km²6% commune
- Pourrières0.85 km²1% commune
- Gréasque0.76 km²12% commune
- Marseille, 6e arrondissement0.57 km²32% commune
- Septèmes-les-Vallons0.55 km²3% commune
- Riboux0.34 km²3% commune
- Cassis0.10 km²0% commune
- Ceyreste0.07 km²0% commune
- Signes0.06 km²0% commune
13 intersecting protected areas
La Sainte-Baume
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
145.65 km² overlap
Chaîne de l'Etoile- massif du Garlaban
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
80.66 km² overlap
Massif de la Sainte-Baume
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
77.19 km² overlap
Sainte-Baume occidentale
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
43.49 km² overlap
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
29.48 km² overlap
Calanques
IUCN IINational Park - Core Area
25.31 km² overlap
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
11.13 km² overlap
Muraille de chine
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.39 km² overlap
Falaises de Vaufrèges
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.64 km² overlap
4 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Sainte-Baume
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
1.39 km² overlap
Muraille De Chine
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.54 km² overlap
Vallon De Toulouse
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.33 km² overlap
Chalabran
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.13 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 841 distinct species · 401 055 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 l'Huveaune : 31 espèces + 6 bulles famille, 62 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 9.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 6 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°
12,9°C
Annual rain
678mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
407mm/an
PET
911mm
AET
563mm
Mean slope
9,3°
Water table
362cm
Forest
33%
Crops
4%
Urban
41%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)