HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080481410
Bassin de la Moselotte
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 : Haut-Rhin, Vosges
Sub-basin area
357km²
Upstream area
357km²
Discharge
8,22m³/s
Mean elev.
753m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 358.0 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
32 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- La Bresse53.77 km²92% commune
- Cornimont40.14 km²99% commune
- Saulxures-sur-Moselotte31.17 km²99% commune
- Gérardmer26.12 km²46% commune
- Vagney25.13 km²100% commune
- Ventron22.75 km²95% commune
- Rochesson21.32 km²100% commune
- Le Syndicat18.41 km²100% commune
- Le Tholy18.24 km²59% commune
- Sapois16.50 km²100% commune
- Basse-sur-le-Rupt14.23 km²100% commune
- Dommartin-lès-Remiremont10.72 km²50% commune
- Cleurie10.64 km²92% commune
- Gerbamont9.51 km²100% commune
- Liézey9.47 km²73% commune
- Saint-Amé8.12 km²100% commune
- Thiéfosse7.36 km²100% commune
- La Forge4.58 km²100% commune
- Le Ménil3.68 km²18% commune
- Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont2.94 km²9% commune
- Granges-sur-Vologne1.31 km²4% commune
- Ferdrupt0.88 km²6% commune
- Rupt-sur-Moselle0.33 km²1% commune
- Bussang0.23 km²1% commune
- Vecoux0.18 km²1% commune
- Ramonchamp0.13 km²1% commune
- Xonrupt-Longemer0.12 km²0% commune
- Wildenstein0.09 km²1% commune
- Metzeral0.01 km²0% commune
- Fellering0.01 km²0% commune
- Kruth0.01 km²0% commune
- Tendon0.00 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
Ballons Des Vosges
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
284.61 km² overlap
Massif vosgien
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
62.50 km² overlap
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
9.88 km² overlap
Massif du Grand Ventron
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.16 km² overlap
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
8.16 km² overlap
Massif Du Ventron
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
6.12 km² overlap
Confluence Moselle - Moselotte
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.22 km² overlap
Housseramont - Noir Rupt
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
4.71 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
1.43 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Massif de Vologne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.40 km² overlap
Tourbière de Machais et cirque de Blanchemer
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.13 km² overlap
Forêts et étangs du Bambois
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.03 km² overlap
Tourbière De Machais
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.76 km² overlap
Massif forestier de Longegoutte
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.71 km² overlap
Tourbière Des Charmes
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
0.54 km² overlap
Tourbière De La Morte Femme
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
0.53 km² overlap
Les Charmes
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
0.41 km² overlap
Chaumes du Hohneck, Kastelberg, Rainkopf, et Charlemagne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.36 km² overlap
Longegoutte
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
feignes sous vologne
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.24 km² overlap
Hautes-Vosges, Haut-Rhin
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.17 km² overlap
Tourbière du Champâtre
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.17 km² overlap
Rein De La Cagne
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
0.15 km² overlap
Vosges du sud
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.11 km² overlap
col des hayes
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.11 km² overlap
Tourbière de Jemnaufaing
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.10 km² overlap
winterges
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.09 km² overlap
tourbiere du grand etang
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.08 km² overlap
Tourbière De Machais
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.08 km² overlap
Tourbière de Lispach
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 517 distinct species · 154 876 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Moselotte : 20 espèces reliées par 114 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 21.6%, 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°
7,2°C
Annual rain
1 123mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
648mm/an
PET
715mm
AET
643mm
Mean slope
13,0°
Water table
545cm
Forest
96%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
79%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)