HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080465450
Bassin de la Meurthe
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 4 administrative regions : Bas-Rhin, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Moselle, Vosges
Sub-basin area
735,1km²
Upstream area
1 096,2km²
Discharge
20,21m³/s
Mean elev.
426m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Fave181 km²
- Bassin de la Meurthe180 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 463.1 km²62.8% of basin
- 257.3 km²34.9% of basin
- 16.8 km²2.3% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
92 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Dié-des-Vosges45.27 km²97% commune
- Moyenmoutier34.88 km²100% commune
- Moussey27.79 km²95% commune
- Taintrux26.95 km²84% commune
- Étival-Clairefontaine26.93 km²100% commune
- Raon-l'Étape23.29 km²100% commune
- Ban-de-Sapt21.35 km²96% commune
- Sainte-Barbe20.63 km²67% commune
- Celles-sur-Plaine20.38 km²100% commune
- Moncel-lès-Lunéville19.58 km²88% commune
- Bertrichamps18.98 km²96% commune
- Glonville18.70 km²100% commune
- Senones17.87 km²100% commune
- Grandfontaine16.42 km²42% commune
- La Bourgonce16.35 km²98% commune
- Saint-Michel-sur-Meurthe14.70 km²100% commune
- Baccarat14.35 km²100% commune
- Saint-Clément13.71 km²82% commune
- Azerailles13.61 km²96% commune
- Allarmont12.89 km²100% commune
- Saint-Remy12.41 km²100% commune
- Vathiménil12.33 km²100% commune
- Bionville12.11 km²100% commune
- Vexaincourt12.08 km²100% commune
- Neufmaisons11.43 km²52% commune
- Flin11.01 km²100% commune
- Fontenoy-la-Joûte10.71 km²96% commune
- Hurbache10.52 km²100% commune
- Pierre-Percée9.98 km²100% commune
- Lachapelle9.57 km²100% commune
- Le Saulcy9.36 km²94% commune
- Deneuvre9.21 km²100% commune
- La Petite-Raon8.90 km²100% commune
- Moyen8.64 km²36% commune
- Ménil-de-Senones7.52 km²100% commune
- Lunéville7.52 km²45% commune
- Denipaire7.10 km²100% commune
- Nompatelize6.69 km²100% commune
- Belval6.38 km²94% commune
- Laronxe6.23 km²100% commune
- Grandrupt5.99 km²97% commune
- Châtas5.92 km²99% commune
- La Voivre5.86 km²100% commune
- Fraimbois5.80 km²38% commune
- Merviller5.67 km²45% commune
- Le Puid5.54 km²100% commune
- Pexonne5.42 km²41% commune
- Saint-Jean-d'Ormont5.18 km²100% commune
- La Salle4.98 km²100% commune
- Thiaville-sur-Meurthe4.90 km²100% commune
- Saint-Stail4.84 km²77% commune
- Gélacourt4.82 km²100% commune
- Chenevières4.57 km²100% commune
- Domptail4.21 km²22% commune
- Le Vermont4.20 km²98% commune
- Badonviller4.04 km²18% commune
- Saint-Léonard4.00 km²28% commune
- Luvigny3.95 km²100% commune
- Le Mont3.83 km²100% commune
- Vieux-Moulin3.68 km²100% commune
- Raon-sur-Plaine3.47 km²100% commune
- Buriville2.31 km²20% commune
- Hériménil2.30 km²18% commune
- Angomont2.27 km²13% commune
- Saulcy-sur-Meurthe2.21 km²13% commune
- Hablainville1.50 km²19% commune
- Sainte-Marguerite1.47 km²27% commune
- Brouville1.47 km²15% commune
- Raon-lès-Leau1.32 km²100% commune
- Mortagne1.30 km²6% commune
- Chanteheux1.18 km²21% commune
- Veney0.82 km²22% commune
- Saint-Benoît-la-Chipotte0.59 km²3% commune
- Saint-Sauveur0.44 km²2% commune
- Nayemont-les-Fosses0.40 km²5% commune
- Fenneviller0.37 km²12% commune
- Rehainviller0.31 km²6% commune
- Jeanménil0.26 km²1% commune
- Turquestein-Blancrupt0.25 km²1% commune
- Bazien0.24 km²7% commune
- Housseras0.19 km²1% commune
- Anould0.18 km²1% commune
- Ménarmont0.16 km²3% commune
- Plaine0.16 km²1% commune
- Saales0.16 km²2% commune
- Autrey0.09 km²1% commune
- Vacqueville0.07 km²1% commune
- Les Rouges-Eaux0.05 km²1% commune
- Saulxures0.03 km²0% commune
- La Houssière0.03 km²0% commune
- Nossoncourt0.01 km²0% commune
- La Petite-Fosse0.01 km²0% commune
10 intersecting protected areas
Massif vosgien
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
32.98 km² overlap
Vallée de la Meurthe de la Voivre à Saint-Clément et tourbière de la Basse Saint-Jean
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
20.80 km² overlap
Crêtes du Donon-Schneeberg, Bas-Rhin
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
9.07 km² overlap
Ballons Des Vosges
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
3.83 km² overlap
Massif du Donon, du Schneeberg et du Grossmann
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.17 km² overlap
Rambervilliers
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
0.23 km² overlap
Hêtraie sapinière de Bousson et Grandcheneau
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.06 km² overlap
Hêtraie sapinière de Bousson et Grandcheneau
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.06 km² overlap
Hauts De Bousson
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Gîtes à chauves-souris autour de Saint-Dié
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
5 068 distinct species · 119 796 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 Meurthe : 31 espèces reliées par 114 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 13.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
8,7°C
Annual rain
840mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
511mm/an
PET
772mm
AET
611mm
Mean slope
7,8°
Water table
347cm
Forest
77%
Crops
7%
Urban
5%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)