HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080016650
Bassin de Ruisseau des Fontanilles
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 : Hérault
Sub-basin area
471,4km²
Upstream area
471,4km²
Discharge
1,07m³/s
Mean elev.
45m
Administrative coverage
28 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Marseillan52.99 km²100% commune
- Mèze46.55 km²100% commune
- Sète41.20 km²100% commune
- Frontignan39.88 km²100% commune
- Villeveyrac37.01 km²100% commune
- Poussan30.22 km²100% commune
- Agde26.58 km²52% commune
- Loupian23.70 km²100% commune
- Montbazin21.58 km²100% commune
- Montagnac20.38 km²51% commune
- Gigean16.37 km²100% commune
- Vic-la-Gardiole14.71 km²48% commune
- Cournonsec12.22 km²100% commune
- Pomérols9.24 km²84% commune
- Balaruc-les-Bains8.95 km²100% commune
- Pinet8.20 km²95% commune
- Cournonterral7.88 km²28% commune
- Balaruc-le-Vieux6.76 km²100% commune
- Bouzigues6.36 km²100% commune
- Aumelas6.30 km²11% commune
- Castelnau-de-Guers6.18 km²27% commune
- Fabrègues5.28 km²16% commune
- Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone3.89 km²12% commune
- Saint-Pargoire2.40 km²10% commune
- Florensac1.68 km²5% commune
- Palavas-les-Flots0.77 km²8% commune
- Aumes0.61 km²8% commune
- Saint-Pons-de-Mauchiens0.56 km²4% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
Herbiers de l'étang de Thau
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
83.14 km² overlap
Étang de Thau et lido de Sète à Agde
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
83.14 km² overlap
Plaine de Villeveyrac-Montagnac
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
27.33 km² overlap
Montagne de la Moure et Causse d'Aumelas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
26.75 km² overlap
Etangs palavasiens
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
26.23 km² overlap
Étangs palavasiens et étang de l'Estagnol
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
23.37 km² overlap
Étangs palavasiens
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
23.37 km² overlap
Plaine de Fabrègues-Poussan
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
21.77 km² overlap
Garrigues de la Moure et d'Aumelas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
14.86 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Côte languedocienne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
11.13 km² overlap
Étang du Bagnas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
6.73 km² overlap
Étang du Bagnas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.73 km² overlap
Le bagnas
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
6.73 km² overlap
Bagnas
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
5.89 km² overlap
Lido de thau
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
5.09 km² overlap
Etang de vic
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
4.52 km² overlap
Posidonies de la côte palavasienne
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
2.91 km² overlap
Salins de frontignan
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.82 km² overlap
Posidonies du cap d'Agde
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.11 km² overlap
cournonsec
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
1.09 km² overlap
combe de cayla
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.86 km² overlap
Bois des aresquiers
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.80 km² overlap
Etang de thau
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.70 km² overlap
Etang des mouettes
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.42 km² overlap
Les monts d\'agde
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.33 km² overlap
pins des soldats
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.13 km² overlap
Corniche de Sète
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.10 km² overlap
les tuilleres
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.07 km² overlap
Côtes sableuses de l'infralittoral Languedocien
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
0.03 km² overlap
zone humide des romains
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 333 distinct species · 502 257 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 Ruisseau des Fontanilles : 34 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 6 bulles famille, 53 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 6.8%, 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
696mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
526mm/an
PET
1 010mm
AET
588mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
141cm
Forest
16%
Crops
28%
Urban
23%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)