HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080477900
Bassin de Orne Saosnoise
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 : Orne, Sarthe
Sub-basin area
528,5km²
Upstream area
528,5km²
Discharge
4,32m³/s
Mean elev.
103m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 427.3 km²80.6% of basin
- 102.8 km²19.4% of basin
65 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais32.46 km²100% commune
- Nogent-le-Bernard27.96 km²90% commune
- Bonnétable27.45 km²68% commune
- Marolles-les-Braults21.35 km²100% commune
- Mézières-sur-Ponthouin17.76 km²99% commune
- Saint-Mars-sous-Ballon17.43 km²93% commune
- Suré16.63 km²100% commune
- Saint-Aignan15.63 km²100% commune
- Origny-le-Roux14.56 km²100% commune
- Dangeul14.29 km²100% commune
- Ballon13.68 km²100% commune
- La Perrière13.19 km²79% commune
- Courgains12.04 km²80% commune
- Rouperroux-le-Coquet12.03 km²100% commune
- Congé-sur-Orne11.21 km²100% commune
- Chemilli10.67 km²100% commune
- Saint-Rémy-des-Monts10.46 km²100% commune
- Saint-Vincent-des-Prés10.18 km²100% commune
- Saint-Pierre-des-Ormes9.95 km²100% commune
- Saint-Longis9.75 km²88% commune
- Souligné-sous-Ballon9.45 km²75% commune
- Courcival9.37 km²100% commune
- Nouans9.26 km²98% commune
- Montgaudry9.18 km²81% commune
- Moncé-en-Saosnois8.89 km²100% commune
- Igé8.77 km²30% commune
- Saint-Fulgent-des-Ormes8.37 km²100% commune
- Vaunoise7.67 km²98% commune
- Monhoudou7.64 km²100% commune
- Saint-Calez-en-Saosnois6.98 km²94% commune
- Briosne-lès-Sables6.94 km²68% commune
- Aillières-Beauvoir6.80 km²45% commune
- Teillé6.46 km²54% commune
- Lucé-sous-Ballon5.93 km²87% commune
- Montbizot5.88 km²51% commune
- Commerveil5.75 km²100% commune
- Avesnes-en-Saosnois5.74 km²100% commune
- Thoigné5.70 km²84% commune
- Mamers5.68 km²100% commune
- Jauzé5.66 km²100% commune
- Pouvrai5.61 km²85% commune
- Marollette5.44 km²100% commune
- Terrehault5.33 km²100% commune
- Contilly4.98 km²39% commune
- Courcemont4.85 km²26% commune
- Origny-le-Butin4.61 km²99% commune
- Villaines-la-Carelle4.22 km²28% commune
- Pizieux4.17 km²100% commune
- René3.91 km²31% commune
- Meurcé3.86 km²63% commune
- Dissé-sous-Ballon3.14 km²100% commune
- Le Gué-de-la-Chaîne2.81 km²15% commune
- La Guierche2.56 km²33% commune
- Nauvay2.50 km²100% commune
- Peray2.40 km²100% commune
- Saint-Georges-du-Rosay1.60 km²9% commune
- Saosnes1.48 km²13% commune
- Joué-l'Abbé0.83 km²8% commune
- Bellou-le-Trichard0.59 km²6% commune
- Pervenchères0.20 km²1% commune
- La Chapelle-du-Bois0.13 km²1% commune
- Courcebœufs0.09 km²1% commune
- Vezot0.02 km²0% commune
- Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe0.01 km²0% commune
- Vivoin0.00 km²0% commune
8 intersecting protected areas
Perche
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
48.26 km² overlap
Normandie-Maine
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
20.70 km² overlap
Forêts et étangs du Perche
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
3.39 km² overlap
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.44 km² overlap
Bois et coteaux calcaires sous Belleme
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.30 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.18 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.06 km² overlap
Coteau Et Plateau De Tessé
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 466 distinct species · 159 168 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Orne Saosnoise : 25 espèces + 4 bulles famille, 67 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 16.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 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°
10,6°C
Annual rain
688mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
265mm/an
PET
836mm
AET
563mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
105cm
Forest
0%
Crops
59%
Urban
1%
Protected
13%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)