HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080016510
Bassin du Bras Mort
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
169,3km²
Upstream area
95 895,5km²
Discharge
1 726,84m³/s
Mean elev.
3m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Vidange112 km²
- Bassin du Rhône59 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 169.6 km²100.0% of basin
3 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Arles129.49 km²17% commune
- Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône25.78 km²32% commune
- Saint-Martin-de-Crau14.36 km²7% commune
15 intersecting protected areas
Camargue
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
137.95 km² overlap
Camargue
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
72.85 km² overlap
Camargue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
65.86 km² overlap
Camargue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
57.30 km² overlap
Crau
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
36.95 km² overlap
Crau centrale - Crau sèche
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
19.40 km² overlap
Le Rhône aval
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
12.85 km² overlap
Marais de la vallée des Baux et marais d'Arles
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.86 km² overlap
Tour Du Valat
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
1.13 km² overlap
6 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Coussouls De Crau
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
1.08 km² overlap
Marais du vigueirat
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.01 km² overlap
Marais entre Crau et Grand Rhône
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.86 km² overlap
Rives du rhône
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.63 km² overlap
La palissade
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.14 km² overlap
Vaccares
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 825 distinct species · 342 068 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Bras Mort : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 6 bulles famille, 53 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 10.0%, 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°
14,1°C
Annual rain
640mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
241mm/an
PET
1 010mm
AET
542mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
13cm
Forest
2%
Crops
27%
Urban
3%
Protected
82%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)