HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080445670
Bassin de Saar
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Moselle, Neunkirchen, Regionalverband Saarbrücken, Saarlouis, Saarpfalz-Kreis
Sub-basin area
1 092,2km²
Upstream area
4 729,2km²
Discharge
54,95m³/s
Mean elev.
267m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Sarre1773 km²
- Bassin de Blies738 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 433.5 km²39.6% of basin
- 391.2 km²35.7% of basin
- 200.0 km²18.3% of basin
- 52.7 km²4.8% of basin
- 18.2 km²1.7% of basin
73 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Avold35.97 km²100% commune
- Creutzwald26.94 km²100% commune
- Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold23.90 km²99% commune
- Forbach16.78 km²100% commune
- Grosbliederstroff13.51 km²100% commune
- Porcelette12.85 km²100% commune
- Folkling12.30 km²100% commune
- Hombourg-Haut12.00 km²100% commune
- Sarreguemines10.61 km²35% commune
- Macheren10.26 km²61% commune
- Woustviller10.16 km²99% commune
- Freyming-Merlebach9.17 km²100% commune
- Spicheren8.13 km²100% commune
- Diebling7.85 km²99% commune
- Théding7.26 km²92% commune
- Tenteling7.19 km²100% commune
- Dalem7.14 km²100% commune
- Hundling6.96 km²100% commune
- Farébersviller6.75 km²100% commune
- Boucheporn6.43 km²91% commune
- Ham-sous-Varsberg6.34 km²100% commune
- Metzing6.16 km²100% commune
- Cocheren6.15 km²100% commune
- Falck6.08 km²100% commune
- Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor5.96 km²100% commune
- Behren-lès-Forbach5.95 km²100% commune
- Guerting5.85 km²100% commune
- Diesen5.77 km²100% commune
- Rouhling5.71 km²100% commune
- Alsting5.63 km²100% commune
- Coume5.49 km²38% commune
- Bousbach5.45 km²100% commune
- Hargarten-aux-Mines5.42 km²94% commune
- Merten5.34 km²100% commune
- Berviller-en-Moselle5.27 km²100% commune
- Petite-Rosselle5.21 km²100% commune
- Morsbach4.86 km²100% commune
- Etzling4.65 km²100% commune
- Rémering4.62 km²98% commune
- Kerbach4.60 km²100% commune
- Betting4.60 km²100% commune
- Bisten-en-Lorraine4.44 km²100% commune
- Lixing-lès-Rouhling4.11 km²100% commune
- L'Hôpital4.07 km²100% commune
- Schœneck4.04 km²100% commune
- Varsberg4.01 km²100% commune
- Œting3.99 km²100% commune
- Seingbouse3.62 km²45% commune
- Stiring-Wendel3.53 km²100% commune
- Béning-lès-Saint-Avold3.29 km²100% commune
- Guebenhouse3.18 km²65% commune
- Ippling3.01 km²100% commune
- Tromborn2.99 km²48% commune
- Carling2.58 km²100% commune
- Ernestviller2.57 km²60% commune
- Valmont2.27 km²25% commune
- Henriville2.14 km²55% commune
- Lachambre1.73 km²22% commune
- Laudrefang1.73 km²34% commune
- Guenviller1.57 km²32% commune
- Rosbruck1.28 km²100% commune
- Téterchen1.14 km²13% commune
- Hambach1.12 km²6% commune
- Villing1.05 km²20% commune
- Loupershouse0.91 km²12% commune
- Obervisse0.64 km²15% commune
- Zimming0.39 km²5% commune
- Bambiderstroff0.33 km²3% commune
- Folschviller0.17 km²2% commune
- Tritteling-Redlach0.16 km²3% commune
- Puttelange-aux-Lacs0.15 km²1% commune
- Farschviller0.04 km²0% commune
- Niedervisse0.04 km²1% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
Biosphäre Bliesgau
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve
64.93 km² overlap
Biosphäre Bliesgau, Entwicklungszone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - transition area
55.02 km² overlap
Warndt
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
50.97 km² overlap
Warndt
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
50.97 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
50.60 km² overlap
Saarkohlenwald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
24.43 km² overlap
Saarkohlenwald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
24.43 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
24.39 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
15.64 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Landscape Protection Area
13.34 km² overlap
St. Johanner Stadtwald
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
9.85 km² overlap
Biosphäre Bliesgau, Pflegezone
IUCN Not Assignedbiosphere reserve - buffer zone
9.39 km² overlap
Woogbachtal
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.98 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
6.93 km² overlap
Landschaftsschutzgebiet im Landkreis Saarlouis - im Bereich der Gemeinden Saarwellingen (und Lebach)
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
6.92 km² overlap
Limbacher u. Spieser Wald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
6.15 km² overlap
Limbacher u. Spieser Wald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.15 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
6.13 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
5.77 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
5.24 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
4.96 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
4.67 km² overlap
Wisch- und Wogbachtal
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
4.29 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
4.02 km² overlap
Puettlinger Wald
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
3.57 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
3.45 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
3.12 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
3.05 km² overlap
Landscape Protection Area
3.01 km² overlap
Stiftswald und Felsenwege St. Arnual
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.98 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 499 distinct species · 288 448 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 55 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 Saar : 18 espèces reliées par 266 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 12.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 49 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°
9,3°C
Annual rain
762mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,03
Runoff
322mm/an
PET
787mm
AET
585mm
Mean slope
4,5°
Water table
273cm
Forest
36%
Crops
13%
Urban
48%
Protected
25%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)