HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080461530
Bassin de la Moselle
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 : Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse
Sub-basin area
382,6km²
Upstream area
3 466,4km²
Discharge
57,68m³/s
Mean elev.
288m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin du Madon1046 km²
- Bassin de la Moselle993 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 383.5 km²99.9% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.1% of basin
50 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Gondreville25.17 km²100% commune
- Toul20.46 km²65% commune
- Ochey17.93 km²100% commune
- Bicqueley17.35 km²100% commune
- Allain16.81 km²100% commune
- Foug16.57 km²66% commune
- Maron15.90 km²85% commune
- Sexey-aux-Forges14.53 km²100% commune
- Crépey13.35 km²62% commune
- Pierre-la-Treiche12.68 km²100% commune
- Viterne12.23 km²52% commune
- Domgermain11.73 km²86% commune
- Germiny11.01 km²94% commune
- Écrouves10.69 km²99% commune
- Chaligny10.39 km²77% commune
- Villey-Saint-Étienne10.10 km²58% commune
- Choloy-Ménillot9.81 km²81% commune
- Blénod-lès-Toul9.66 km²54% commune
- Thuilley-aux-Groseilles9.31 km²100% commune
- Crézilles9.25 km²100% commune
- Bagneux8.46 km²100% commune
- Chaudeney-sur-Moselle8.25 km²100% commune
- Bulligny8.07 km²76% commune
- Moutrot7.56 km²100% commune
- Dommartin-lès-Toul6.79 km²100% commune
- Colombey-les-Belles6.60 km²38% commune
- Gye6.51 km²100% commune
- Villey-le-Sec6.50 km²100% commune
- Fontenoy-sur-Moselle5.88 km²100% commune
- Pont-Saint-Vincent5.82 km²94% commune
- Maizières5.30 km²34% commune
- Velaine-en-Haye5.14 km²28% commune
- Charmes-la-Côte4.77 km²80% commune
- Mont-le-Vignoble4.06 km²100% commune
- Chavigny4.03 km²60% commune
- Neuves-Maisons3.60 km²74% commune
- Barisey-la-Côte2.78 km²75% commune
- Aingeray2.16 km²17% commune
- Pagney-derrière-Barine1.89 km²31% commune
- Barisey-au-Plain1.73 km²15% commune
- Goviller0.89 km²7% commune
- Bruley0.49 km²8% commune
- Bainville-sur-Madon0.42 km²7% commune
- Lay-Saint-Remy0.37 km²10% commune
- Allamps0.20 km²3% commune
- Rigny-Saint-Martin0.20 km²1% commune
- Selaincourt0.14 km²1% commune
- Laneuveville-derrière-Foug0.10 km²8% commune
- Sexey-les-Bois0.06 km²1% commune
- Lucey0.01 km²0% commune
10 intersecting protected areas
Lorraine
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
12.87 km² overlap
Vallée de la Moselle du fond de Monvaux au vallon de la Deuille, ancienne poudrière de Bois sous Roche
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.19 km² overlap
Vallon De L\'Arrot
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
3.67 km² overlap
Pelouses du Toulois
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.66 km² overlap
Fonds De Monvaux (Des)
IUCN IaForest Integral Biological Reserve
0.86 km² overlap
sur la cote
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.12 km² overlap
cote de voiremont
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.10 km² overlap
cote barine
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.07 km² overlap
Pelouses d'Allamps et zones humides avoisinantes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Vallée du Madon (secteur Haroué / Pont-Saint-Vincent), du Brenon et carrières de Xeuilley
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 694 distinct species · 92 606 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 : 29 espèces reliées par 101 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 11.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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
740mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
350mm/an
PET
786mm
AET
584mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
217cm
Forest
34%
Crops
27%
Urban
9%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)