HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080419050
Bassin de Canal Charleroi-Bruxelles
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 : Brabant Wallon, Hainaut
Sub-basin area
184,4km²
Upstream area
184,4km²
Discharge
2,3m³/s
Mean elev.
149m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 180.1 km²97.4% of basin
- 4.9 km²2.6% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Vallée du Piéton
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.56 km² overlap
Vallée du Piéton
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.56 km² overlap
Claire- Fontaine
IUCN IVState Nature Reserve (Walloon Region)
0.45 km² overlap
Viesville
IUCN IVCertified Nature Reserve (Walloon Region)
0.42 km² overlap
Terril n°5 Bascoup
IUCN IVCertified Nature Reserve (Walloon Region)
0.36 km² overlap
State Nature Reserve (Walloon Region)
0.06 km² overlap
Tunnel de la Bête Refaite
IUCN IVState Nature Reserve (Walloon Region)
0.01 km² overlap
Canal souterrain de la Bête Refaite
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 917 distinct species · 30 779 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Canal Charleroi-Bruxelles : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 7 bulles famille, 38 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 9.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 7 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°
9,7°C
Annual rain
858mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
395mm/an
PET
764mm
AET
592mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
138cm
Forest
0%
Crops
36%
Urban
49%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)