HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080016520
Bassin de Canal du Versadou
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
525,6km²
Upstream area
525,6km²
Discharge
1,82m³/s
Mean elev.
-1m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 516.3 km²98.1% of basin
3 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Arles272.00 km²36% commune
- Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer244.19 km²66% commune
- Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône0.16 km²0% commune
21 intersecting protected areas
Camargue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
524.92 km² overlap
Camargue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
524.81 km² overlap
Camargue
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
516.11 km² overlap
Camargue
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
515.69 km² overlap
Vaccares
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
137.31 km² overlap
Camargue
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
131.96 km² overlap
Camargue
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
130.40 km² overlap
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
65.00 km² overlap
Tour Du Valat
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
20.47 km² overlap
12 more protected areassorted by overlap area
La palissade
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
10.81 km² overlap
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
4.67 km² overlap
Pointe De Beauduc
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
3.91 km² overlap
Mas neuf du vaccares
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.20 km² overlap
Mas de la cure
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.02 km² overlap
Domaine de rousty
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.96 km² overlap
Etang de maguelonne
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.67 km² overlap
Le Rhône aval
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.66 km² overlap
Mas de taxil
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.51 km² overlap
Sainte-cecile
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.16 km² overlap
Le Petit Rhône
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.05 km² overlap
Brasinvert
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
5 393 distinct species · 1 012 857 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 du Versadou : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 6 bulles famille, 47 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 11.6%, 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°
14,2°C
Annual rain
657mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
284mm/an
PET
1 009mm
AET
556mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
2cm
Forest
6%
Crops
25%
Urban
0%
Protected
98%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)