HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080021040
Bassin du Brivet
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 : Loire-Atlantique, Morbihan
Sub-basin area
1 137,7km²
Upstream area
1 137,7km²
Discharge
0,11m³/s
Mean elev.
16m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1054.0 km²92.4% of basin
- 51.5 km²4.5% of basin
49 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Joachim87.20 km²100% commune
- Herbignac67.57 km²93% commune
- Guérande66.50 km²100% commune
- Missillac58.72 km²98% commune
- Pontchâteau55.51 km²100% commune
- Donges53.81 km²99% commune
- Campbon50.80 km²100% commune
- Saint-Nazaire49.66 km²100% commune
- Bouvron36.28 km²76% commune
- Assérac33.89 km²100% commune
- Saint-Gildas-des-Bois32.39 km²97% commune
- Montoir-de-Bretagne31.23 km²100% commune
- Guenrouet26.78 km²38% commune
- La Baule-Escoublac26.57 km²100% commune
- Crossac26.42 km²100% commune
- Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet25.83 km²100% commune
- Saint-André-des-Eaux25.11 km²100% commune
- Saint-Lyphard24.70 km²100% commune
- Saint-Molf22.94 km²100% commune
- La Chapelle-Launay22.78 km²92% commune
- Prinquiau22.75 km²100% commune
- Pénestin19.87 km²87% commune
- Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne19.47 km²100% commune
- La Turballe18.53 km²100% commune
- Besné17.80 km²100% commune
- La Chapelle-des-Marais17.55 km²100% commune
- Quilly17.13 km²98% commune
- Mesquer16.96 km²100% commune
- Saint-Malo-de-Guersac15.13 km²100% commune
- Drefféac14.80 km²100% commune
- Trignac13.72 km²100% commune
- Pornichet13.37 km²100% commune
- Piriac-sur-Mer13.06 km²100% commune
- Férel11.89 km²40% commune
- Camoël7.69 km²53% commune
- Saint-Dolay7.04 km²14% commune
- Batz-sur-Mer5.74 km²100% commune
- Lavau-sur-Loire5.60 km²29% commune
- Le Croisic5.36 km²100% commune
- Le Pouliguen5.10 km²100% commune
- Nivillac3.82 km²7% commune
- Savenay3.44 km²13% commune
- Sévérac1.52 km²7% commune
- Frossay1.49 km²2% commune
- Théhillac1.20 km²9% commune
- Paimbœuf0.28 km²8% commune
- Fay-de-Bretagne0.25 km²0% commune
- Blain0.20 km²0% commune
- Malville0.02 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
Brière
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
560.30 km² overlap
Grande Brière, marais de Donges et du Brivet
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
197.57 km² overlap
Grande Briere
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
173.55 km² overlap
Grande Brière et marais de Donges
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
167.03 km² overlap
Marais salants de Guérande et du Més
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
33.12 km² overlap
Estuaire de la Loire
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
29.99 km² overlap
Estuaire de la Loire
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
28.49 km² overlap
Marais salants de Guérande, traicts du Croisic et dunes de Pen-Bron
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
28.07 km² overlap
Marais du Mès, baie et dunes de Pont-Mahé, étang du Pont de Fer
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
23.77 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Marais du Mès, baie et dunes de Pont-Mahé, étang du Pont de Fer
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
23.77 km² overlap
Marais salants de Guérande, traicts du Croisic, dunes de Pen Bron
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
20.52 km² overlap
Marais De Brière
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
8.60 km² overlap
Estuaire de la loire
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
7.72 km² overlap
Estuaire de la Vilaine
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.63 km² overlap
Baie de Vilaine
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
7.60 km² overlap
Mor Braz
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.24 km² overlap
Estuaire de la Loire Nord
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.18 km² overlap
Estuaire de la Loire - Baie de Bourgneuf
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.18 km² overlap
La Grande Côte
IUCN Not ReportedGeotope Protection Order
3.73 km² overlap
La Grande Côte
IUCN IVGeotope Protection Order
3.73 km² overlap
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
1.38 km² overlap
Marais de penestin
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.84 km² overlap
Ile Dumet et ses abords
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.72 km² overlap
Étang Du Pont De Fer
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
0.62 km² overlap
Etang du pont de fer
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.53 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.47 km² overlap
Pointe de pen bron
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.46 km² overlap
Falaise de la Mine d\'Or
IUCN Not ReportedGeotope Protection Order
0.42 km² overlap
La Pointe du Castelli
IUCN IVGeotope Protection Order
0.26 km² overlap
La Pointe du Castelli
IUCN Not ReportedGeotope Protection Order
0.26 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 414 distinct species · 274 636 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Brivet : 39 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 5 bulles famille, 56 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 5.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 5 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°
11,7°C
Annual rain
814mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,04
Runoff
527mm/an
PET
783mm
AET
573mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
61cm
Forest
9%
Crops
54%
Urban
11%
Protected
44%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)