HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080020840
Bassin du Jaunay
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 : Vendée
Sub-basin area
893km²
Upstream area
893km²
Discharge
1,45m³/s
Mean elev.
35m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 877.8 km²98.0% of basin
48 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Talmont-Saint-Hilaire90.96 km²100% commune
- Olonne-sur-Mer46.60 km²100% commune
- Grosbreuil36.38 km²100% commune
- Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups35.78 km²97% commune
- Château-d'Olonne31.32 km²100% commune
- Saint-Julien-des-Landes28.16 km²100% commune
- Vairé28.12 km²100% commune
- Bretignolles-sur-Mer28.05 km²100% commune
- Nieul-le-Dolent27.61 km²100% commune
- Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche25.97 km²100% commune
- Avrillé25.83 km²100% commune
- Le Girouard25.69 km²100% commune
- Poiroux25.69 km²100% commune
- Venansault25.58 km²57% commune
- Saint-Mathurin24.29 km²100% commune
- L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie23.21 km²100% commune
- La Chapelle-Achard21.71 km²100% commune
- Aizenay21.32 km²26% commune
- Coëx19.46 km²49% commune
- L'Île-d'Olonne19.36 km²100% commune
- La Chapelle-Hermier18.34 km²98% commune
- Martinet18.32 km²100% commune
- Jard-sur-Mer17.42 km²100% commune
- Landeronde16.93 km²95% commune
- Brem-sur-Mer16.21 km²100% commune
- Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes16.15 km²75% commune
- Sainte-Foy15.93 km²100% commune
- Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux15.61 km²100% commune
- Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard15.09 km²100% commune
- Saint-Révérend14.53 km²92% commune
- Landevieille13.66 km²100% commune
- Longeville-sur-Mer11.08 km²28% commune
- Givrand10.71 km²91% commune
- Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt10.66 km²100% commune
- La Tranche-sur-Mer9.13 km²42% commune
- Les Sables-d'Olonne8.87 km²100% commune
- La Mothe-Achard8.52 km²100% commune
- La Faute-sur-Mer7.98 km²78% commune
- Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie5.47 km²54% commune
- Le Bernard4.96 km²18% commune
- La Boissière-des-Landes3.91 km²16% commune
- La Chaize-Giraud2.59 km²100% commune
- Aubigny2.54 km²10% commune
- La Génétouze1.58 km²11% commune
- Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie0.20 km²2% commune
- Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits0.19 km²2% commune
- Le Fenouiller0.12 km²1% commune
- L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer0.03 km²0% commune
28 intersecting protected areas
Dunes, forêt et marais d'Olonne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
28.90 km² overlap
Dunes, forêt et marais d'Olonne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
28.90 km² overlap
Marais Poitevin
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
26.40 km² overlap
Marais Poitevin
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
21.82 km² overlap
Marais poitevin
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
21.82 km² overlap
Marais poitevin
IUCN IIIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
21.82 km² overlap
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
19.42 km² overlap
Marine Nature Park
15.51 km² overlap
Dunes de la Sauzaie et marais du Jaunay
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
9.18 km² overlap
19 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Pertuis charentais - Rochebonne
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
3.34 km² overlap
Pertuis charentais - Rochebonne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
3.01 km² overlap
Casse De La Belle Henriette
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
2.81 km² overlap
Pointe d\'arcay
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.51 km² overlap
Pertuis Charentais
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.18 km² overlap
Pertuis charentais
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
2.18 km² overlap
Pointe du payre
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.77 km² overlap
Pointe D\'Arçay
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
1.72 km² overlap
Marais d\'olonne
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.62 km² overlap
Secteur de l'île d'Yeu
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
1.17 km² overlap
Secteur marin de l'île d'Yeu jusqu'au continent
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.17 km² overlap
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.80 km² overlap
Le veillon
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.64 km² overlap
La gachere
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.51 km² overlap
Le bois saint-jean
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.25 km² overlap
Puits d’enfer
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.25 km² overlap
Vallee De La Cruliere
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.08 km² overlap
L\'Ileau De Champclou
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.04 km² overlap
Belle henriette
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 447 distinct species · 185 196 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Jaunay : 33 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 89 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 9.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
12,1°C
Annual rain
827mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,04
Runoff
555mm/an
PET
796mm
AET
583mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
72cm
Forest
2%
Crops
55%
Urban
5%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)