HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080016450
Bassin de Canal de Marseille
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 : Bouches-du-Rhône
Sub-basin area
222,1km²
Upstream area
222,3km²
Discharge
2,19m³/s
Mean elev.
113m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 205.6 km²92.4% of basin
22 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Martigues42.86 km²57% commune
- Ensuès-la-Redonne19.61 km²75% commune
- Septèmes-les-Vallons17.09 km²97% commune
- Marseille, 15e arrondissement17.02 km²100% commune
- Le Rove15.37 km²66% commune
- Marseille, 14e arrondissement15.21 km²94% commune
- Marseille, 16e arrondissement14.13 km²100% commune
- Sausset-les-Pins12.00 km²100% commune
- Carry-le-Rouet10.38 km²100% commune
- Les Pennes-Mirabeau9.14 km²27% commune
- Marseille, 7e arrondissement7.26 km²99% commune
- Châteauneuf-les-Martigues7.22 km²22% commune
- Simiane-Collongue6.28 km²21% commune
- Marseille, 2e arrondissement4.45 km²100% commune
- Marseille, 3e arrondissement2.39 km²100% commune
- Marseille, 1er arrondissement1.69 km²100% commune
- Marseille, 6e arrondissement1.22 km²68% commune
- Marseille, 8e arrondissement1.00 km²5% commune
- Marseille, 4e arrondissement0.50 km²17% commune
- Marseille, 5e arrondissement0.34 km²16% commune
- Marseille, 13e arrondissement0.28 km²1% commune
- Bouc-Bel-Air0.13 km²1% commune
15 intersecting protected areas
Côte bleue - chaîne de l'Estaque
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
43.35 km² overlap
La cote bleue
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
32.28 km² overlap
Chaîne de l'Etoile- massif du Garlaban
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
10.35 km² overlap
Côte Bleue Marine
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.71 km² overlap
Iles Marseillaises - Cassidaigne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.57 km² overlap
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.57 km² overlap
Iles du frioul
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
4.44 km² overlap
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
4.41 km² overlap
Calanques
IUCN IINational Park - Core Area
1.64 km² overlap
6 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Falaises de Niolon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.44 km² overlap
Falaise De Niolon
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
1.14 km² overlap
Martigues-Ponteau : Enceinte Du Poste De Ponteau, Calanque Des Renaïres Et Vallon De L\'Averon
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.10 km² overlap
Clos De Bourgogne
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.08 km² overlap
Plaine De Bonnieu
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.07 km² overlap
ponteau
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 643 distinct species · 166 457 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 Canal de Marseille : 32 espèces + 5 bulles famille, 63 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 5 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°
13,7°C
Annual rain
610mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
320mm/an
PET
972mm
AET
516mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
263cm
Forest
9%
Crops
9%
Urban
57%
Protected
14%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)