HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080016460
Bassin de l'Arc
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
1 591,1km²
Upstream area
1 591,1km²
Discharge
14,61m³/s
Mean elev.
193m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1523.6 km²95.6% of basin
- 69.9 km²4.4% of basin
65 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Aix-en-Provence185.94 km²99% commune
- L'Etang de l'Olivier153.86 km²100% commune
- Lançon-Provence69.63 km²100% commune
- Lambesc55.65 km²85% commune
- Trets53.63 km²76% commune
- Salon-de-Provence51.26 km²73% commune
- Pourrières48.30 km²85% commune
- Berre-l'Étang44.05 km²100% commune
- Puyloubier37.81 km²92% commune
- Saint-Cannat36.90 km²100% commune
- Vitrolles36.68 km²100% commune
- Cabriès36.53 km²100% commune
- Vauvenargues35.88 km²65% commune
- Éguilles34.07 km²100% commune
- Martigues30.13 km²40% commune
- Fuveau30.12 km²100% commune
- Gardanne26.68 km²100% commune
- Saint-Chamas26.35 km²100% commune
- Ventabren26.12 km²100% commune
- Châteauneuf-les-Martigues25.99 km²78% commune
- Les Pennes-Mirabeau24.95 km²73% commune
- Velaux24.89 km²100% commune
- Marignane24.04 km²100% commune
- Peynier23.42 km²95% commune
- Rognes22.32 km²38% commune
- La Barben22.31 km²100% commune
- Bouc-Bel-Air21.67 km²99% commune
- Istres21.57 km²19% commune
- Meyreuil20.44 km²100% commune
- Simiane-Collongue20.33 km²67% commune
- Pélissanne19.43 km²100% commune
- Rousset19.42 km²100% commune
- Grans19.05 km²68% commune
- Rognac18.02 km²100% commune
- Pourcieux17.81 km²85% commune
- Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon17.07 km²100% commune
- Cornillon-Confoux14.78 km²100% commune
- Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde14.31 km²62% commune
- La Fare-les-Oliviers14.15 km²100% commune
- Châteauneuf-le-Rouge13.68 km²100% commune
- Miramas12.59 km²49% commune
- Coudoux12.57 km²100% commune
- Mimet12.38 km²67% commune
- Aurons11.61 km²92% commune
- Beaurecueil10.27 km²100% commune
- Le Tholonet10.23 km²100% commune
- Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts10.04 km²48% commune
- Belcodène8.34 km²65% commune
- Venelles8.06 km²38% commune
- Gignac-la-Nerthe8.06 km²100% commune
- Le Rove7.92 km²34% commune
- Lamanon7.60 km²38% commune
- Ensuès-la-Redonne6.55 km²25% commune
- Gréasque5.38 km²88% commune
- Vernègues4.74 km²30% commune
- Saint-Victoret4.58 km²100% commune
- Eyguières4.27 km²6% commune
- Port-de-Bouc3.76 km²31% commune
- Ollières3.34 km²9% commune
- Saint-Savournin1.43 km²26% commune
- Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume0.41 km²1% commune
- Marseille, 16e arrondissement0.05 km²0% commune
- Auriol0.03 km²0% commune
- Septèmes-les-Vallons0.03 km²0% commune
- La Bouilladisse0.01 km²0% commune
29 intersecting protected areas
Garrigues de Lançon et Chaînes alentour
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
217.83 km² overlap
Montagne Sainte Victoire
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
82.60 km² overlap
Montagne Sainte Victoire
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
65.28 km² overlap
Plateau de l'Arbois
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
43.00 km² overlap
Crau centrale - Crau sèche
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
21.80 km² overlap
La Sainte-Baume
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
20.11 km² overlap
Marais et zones humides liés à l'étang de Berre
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
15.58 km² overlap
Côte bleue - chaîne de l'Estaque
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
12.11 km² overlap
Alpilles
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
11.61 km² overlap
20 more protected areassorted by overlap area
La cote bleue
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
9.96 km² overlap
Crau
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
9.68 km² overlap
Chaîne de l'Etoile- massif du Garlaban
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
9.33 km² overlap
Etang de bolmon
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
7.56 km² overlap
Plateau de vitrolles
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
5.94 km² overlap
Domaine De Calissane
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
5.88 km² overlap
Salines de l'Étang de Berre
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.52 km² overlap
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
4.35 km² overlap
Les Alpilles
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.75 km² overlap
Les Alpilles
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.75 km² overlap
Sainte-Victoire
IUCN IIINational Nature Reserve
1.43 km² overlap
Poudrerie de saint-chamas
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.18 km² overlap
La petite camargue
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.11 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.56 km² overlap
Le Jas De Rhodes
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.51 km² overlap
La Sambre
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.42 km² overlap
Marais de tete noire
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.17 km² overlap
Poitevine-Regarde-Venir
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
0.02 km² overlap
Monteau-barabant
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.01 km² overlap
malouesse
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 296 distinct species · 895 406 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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'Arc : 35 espèces + 5 bulles famille, 53 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 6.8%, 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°
13,1°C
Annual rain
640mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
295mm/an
PET
962mm
AET
539mm
Mean slope
3,9°
Water table
239cm
Forest
17%
Crops
14%
Urban
28%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)