HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080443960
Bassin de la Moselle Canalisée
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 : Esch-sur-Alzette, Moselle
Sub-basin area
354,5km²
Upstream area
11 096,6km²
Discharge
155,47m³/s
Mean elev.
228m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de l'Orne1285 km²
- Bassin de la Moselle258 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 355.6 km²100.0% of basin
- Esch-sur-AlzetteLuxembourg · Luxembourg0.1 km²0.0% of basin
52 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Thionville50.44 km²99% commune
- Cattenom19.10 km²75% commune
- Hettange-Grande15.04 km²92% commune
- Yutz14.67 km²100% commune
- Florange12.84 km²100% commune
- Fontoy12.50 km²74% commune
- Hayange12.34 km²100% commune
- Volstroff11.93 km²100% commune
- Fameck11.58 km²95% commune
- Luttange10.31 km²78% commune
- Manom10.10 km²100% commune
- Basse-Ham9.76 km²100% commune
- Havange9.32 km²100% commune
- Kanfen8.28 km²100% commune
- Ranguevaux7.86 km²74% commune
- Guénange7.86 km²97% commune
- Distroff7.84 km²96% commune
- Bertrange7.33 km²100% commune
- Tressange7.24 km²76% commune
- Metzervisse6.95 km²75% commune
- Algrange6.95 km²100% commune
- Neufchef6.91 km²42% commune
- Metzeresche6.81 km²76% commune
- Angevillers6.65 km²74% commune
- Bettelainville6.33 km²47% commune
- Illange5.57 km²100% commune
- Uckange5.47 km²100% commune
- Richemont4.80 km²55% commune
- Rochonvillers4.67 km²84% commune
- Kuntzig4.41 km²100% commune
- Stuckange4.21 km²100% commune
- Entrange4.01 km²100% commune
- Zoufftgen3.92 km²23% commune
- Valmestroff3.77 km²96% commune
- Terville3.54 km²100% commune
- Serémange-Erzange3.49 km²100% commune
- Rurange-lès-Thionville3.38 km²38% commune
- Escherange3.12 km²24% commune
- Nilvange2.85 km²100% commune
- Knutange2.17 km²100% commune
- Kœnigsmacker2.09 km²12% commune
- Boulange1.97 km²15% commune
- Trémery1.26 km²16% commune
- Volmerange-les-Mines1.18 km²9% commune
- Aumetz0.80 km²8% commune
- Flévy0.69 km²6% commune
- Vitry-sur-Orne0.62 km²8% commune
- Bousse0.49 km²6% commune
- Roussy-le-Village0.06 km²0% commune
- Elzange0.05 km²1% commune
- Gandrange0.04 km²1% commune
- Inglange0.00 km²0% commune
5 intersecting protected areas
cote des moineaux
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.58 km² overlap
pelouses de la cote raide
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.22 km² overlap
Dudelange - Ginzebierg
IUCN IVZSC - Natura 2000
0.09 km² overlap
Dudelange - Ginzebierg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.09 km² overlap
Hettange-Grande
IUCN IIINational Nature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 127 distinct species · 183 282 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Moselle Canalisée : 18 espèces reliées par 115 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 24.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
9,6°C
Annual rain
784mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,00
Runoff
340mm/an
PET
784mm
AET
583mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
172cm
Forest
16%
Crops
25%
Urban
38%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)