HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080020290
Bassin de la Nivelle - Urdazuri
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 across 2 countries : Navarra, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Sub-basin area
374,1km²
Upstream area
374,1km²
Discharge
1,72m³/s
Mean elev.
157m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 300.1 km²80.1% of basin
- 67.3 km²18.0% of basin
20 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle63.94 km²97% commune
- Sare51.52 km²98% commune
- Urrugne49.36 km²94% commune
- Ascain19.51 km²100% commune
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz19.09 km²100% commune
- Ainhoa16.35 km²100% commune
- Bidart12.28 km²100% commune
- Arcangues12.08 km²67% commune
- Arbonne10.59 km²100% commune
- Ahetze10.52 km²100% commune
- Hendaye7.12 km²81% commune
- Ciboure6.91 km²100% commune
- Souraïde5.97 km²35% commune
- Espelette4.99 km²18% commune
- Biarritz4.92 km²41% commune
- Ustaritz2.23 km²7% commune
- Guéthary1.34 km²100% commune
- Biriatou0.92 km²8% commune
- Itxassou0.26 km²1% commune
- Bassussarry0.16 km²3% commune
20 intersecting protected areas
Massif de la Rhune et de Choldocogagna
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
45.87 km² overlap
Massif du Mondarrain et de l'Artzamendi
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
15.34 km² overlap
La Nivelle (estuaire, barthes et cours d'eau)
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
13.69 km² overlap
Col de Lizarrieta
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
12.70 km² overlap
Falaises de Saint-Jean-de-Luz à Biarritz
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.64 km² overlap
Domaine d'Abbadia et corniche basque
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.49 km² overlap
Estuaire de la Bidassoa et baie de Fontarabie
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.83 km² overlap
Regata de Orabidea y turbera de Arxuri
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.82 km² overlap
Abbadia - corniche basque
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.74 km² overlap
11 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Site De Lur Berria
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
1.42 km² overlap
Baie de Chingoudy
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.31 km² overlap
Aritzakun-Urritzate-Gorramendi
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.72 km² overlap
Aritzakun-Urritzate-Gorramendi
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.72 km² overlap
La Nive
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.24 km² overlap
Lac mouriscot
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.24 km² overlap
Lac de Mouriscot
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.21 km² overlap
Errota Handia
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Lac marion
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.09 km² overlap
Baie de cenitz
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.03 km² overlap
Peral de Bera
IUCN IIINatural Monument
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 479 distinct species · 326 854 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 la Nivelle - Urdazuri : 24 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 122 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 17.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
13,3°C
Annual rain
1 320mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,33
Runoff
1 048mm/an
PET
883mm
AET
771mm
Mean slope
8,4°
Water table
272cm
Forest
63%
Crops
6%
Urban
14%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)