HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080016550
Bassin du Petit Rhône
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, Gard
Sub-basin area
401,8km²
Upstream area
401,9km²
Discharge
4,05m³/s
Mean elev.
12m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 238.1 km²59.1% of basin
- 164.5 km²40.9% of basin
11 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Arles106.27 km²14% commune
- Saint-Gilles98.35 km²65% commune
- Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer58.21 km²16% commune
- Bellegarde46.06 km²100% commune
- Fourques33.04 km²87% commune
- Vauvert24.32 km²22% commune
- Beaucaire24.24 km²28% commune
- Garons7.48 km²62% commune
- Manduel3.14 km²12% commune
- Bouillargues1.07 km²7% commune
- Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze0.37 km²0% commune
18 intersecting protected areas
Camargue
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
154.89 km² overlap
Camargue
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
151.91 km² overlap
Camargue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
149.16 km² overlap
Camargue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
142.77 km² overlap
La Petite Camargue
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
83.37 km² overlap
Petite Camargue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
32.29 km² overlap
Costières nîmoises
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
8.76 km² overlap
Le Petit Rhône
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.67 km² overlap
Camargue gardoise fluvio-lacustre
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.34 km² overlap
9 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Brasinvert
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.62 km² overlap
Domaine de rousty
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.16 km² overlap
Mas de taxil
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.09 km² overlap
Mas de la cure
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.87 km² overlap
Rives du petit rhone
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.42 km² overlap
Petite Camargue laguno-marine
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.09 km² overlap
Scamandre
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.02 km² overlap
Etang de maguelonne
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
3 271 distinct species · 126 937 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Petit Rhône : 26 espèces + 4 bulles famille, 48 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 11.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 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
696mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
324mm/an
PET
1 015mm
AET
587mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
48cm
Forest
2%
Crops
43%
Urban
4%
Protected
38%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)