HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080423570
Bassin de la Meuse
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 : Ardennes, Namur
Sub-basin area
579,5km²
Upstream area
10 700,3km²
Discharge
126,3m³/s
Mean elev.
260m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Brouffe600 km²
- Bassin de la Meuse313 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 468.7 km²80.6% of basin
- 112.8 km²19.4% of basin
15 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Hargnies20.48 km²48% commune
- Givet19.25 km²100% commune
- Chooz13.53 km²100% commune
- Aubrives10.94 km²100% commune
- Vireux-Wallerand8.58 km²40% commune
- Fromelennes7.10 km²100% commune
- Rancennes6.08 km²100% commune
- Ham-sur-Meuse5.96 km²100% commune
- Charnois5.68 km²100% commune
- Foisches4.61 km²100% commune
- Landrichamps4.53 km²100% commune
- Hierges2.79 km²70% commune
- Thilay2.21 km²6% commune
- Les Hautes-Rivières1.08 km²3% commune
- Haybes0.00 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
Ardennes
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
112.98 km² overlap
Plateau ardennais
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
77.99 km² overlap
Bassin fagnard de l'Hermeton
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
37.03 km² overlap
Bassin fagnard de l'Hermeton
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
37.03 km² overlap
Vallée de la Houille en aval de Gedinne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
32.53 km² overlap
Vallée de la Houille en aval de Gedinne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
32.53 km² overlap
Vallée de la Hulle
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
15.16 km² overlap
Vallée de la Hulle
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
15.16 km² overlap
Vallée de la Meuse en amont d'Hastière
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
14.47 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Vallée de la Meuse en amont d'Hastière
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
14.47 km² overlap
Bassin de la Houille en amont de Gedinne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
14.19 km² overlap
Bassin de la Houille en amont de Gedinne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
14.19 km² overlap
Bassin de l'Hermeton en aval de Vodelée
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
9.88 km² overlap
Bassin de l'Hermeton en aval de Vodelée
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
9.88 km² overlap
Vallée de la Meuse d'Hastière à Dinant
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
7.77 km² overlap
Vallée de la Meuse d'Hastière à Dinant
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.77 km² overlap
Vallée de la Chinelle
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
6.87 km² overlap
Vallée de la Chinelle
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.87 km² overlap
Pelouses, rochers et buxaie de la pointe de Givet
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.71 km² overlap
La Calestienne entre Frasnes et Doische
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.47 km² overlap
La Calestienne entre Frasnes et Doische
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.47 km² overlap
Vallées des Ruisseaux de Rempeine et de la Scheloupe
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.42 km² overlap
Vallées des Ruisseaux de Rempeine et de la Scheloupe
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.42 km² overlap
Pointe De Givet
IUCN IIINational Nature Reserve
3.67 km² overlap
Vallée boisée de la Houille
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.37 km² overlap
Vallée du Ruisseau de Féron
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.11 km² overlap
Vallée du Ruisseau de Féron
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.11 km² overlap
Tourbières du plateau ardennais
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.16 km² overlap
Vallée de l'Almache en amont de Gembes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.69 km² overlap
Vallée de l'Almache en amont de Gembes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.69 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 503 distinct species · 200 248 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Meuse : 30 espèces + 6 bulles famille, 81 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 12.9%, 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°
9,1°C
Annual rain
957mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,21
Runoff
353mm/an
PET
749mm
AET
609mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
293cm
Forest
53%
Crops
12%
Urban
2%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)