HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080492760
Bassin de Birsig
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 6 administrative regions across 2 countries : Arlesheim, Basel, Dorneck, Haut-Rhin, Laufen +1
Sub-basin area
101,2km²
Upstream area
35 689,9km²
Discharge
1 052,66m³/s
Mean elev.
403m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Birse921 km²
- Bassin de Rhein45 km²
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Arlesheim31.5 km²31.1% of basin
- 24.3 km²23.9% of basin
- DorneckSolothurn · Switzerland23.9 km²23.5% of basin
- Basel15.5 km²15.3% of basin
- Laufen5.3 km²5.2% of basin
- ThiersteinSolothurn · Switzerland1.0 km²1.0% of basin
10 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Leymen11.58 km²96% commune
- Biederthal3.85 km²100% commune
- Liebenswiller3.57 km²97% commune
- Wolschwiller3.27 km²33% commune
- Oltingue1.29 km²9% commune
- Bettlach0.28 km²7% commune
- Hagenthal-le-Haut0.18 km²4% commune
- Huningue0.14 km²5% commune
- Neuwiller0.11 km²3% commune
- Hagenthal-le-Bas0.00 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
Jura alsacien
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.26 km² overlap
Allschwilerwald
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.53 km² overlap
Bammertsgraben
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.38 km² overlap
Wolschwiller
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
0.33 km² overlap
ruetlischt
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.25 km² overlap
Chöpfli
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.23 km² overlap
Riedholen
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.18 km² overlap
raemel
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.17 km² overlap
Herzogenmatt
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.17 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Büttenenloch - Stapflen
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.15 km² overlap
Fürstenstein
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.13 km² overlap
Blüttenenchöpfli - Chaselboden
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.11 km² overlap
Känelgraben - Bammertsgraben
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.10 km² overlap
Ziegelei Oberwil
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.10 km² overlap
Amselfels
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.07 km² overlap
Heidenloch
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.07 km² overlap
Radme, Hanslifels und Chällengraben
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.07 km² overlap
Schlosssberg
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.06 km² overlap
Mösli
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.05 km² overlap
Herzogenmatt
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.03 km² overlap
Bruederholzhof
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.03 km² overlap
Elsässer Bahn
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.01 km² overlap
Buschlen
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.01 km² overlap
Schlifbach - Grossmattbach
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.01 km² overlap
Kuegraben - Weiher
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.01 km² overlap
Elsässer Bahn
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.01 km² overlap
Fiechtenrain
IUCN Not AssignedPrivate Nature Reserves
0.01 km² overlap
Bergmatten
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.01 km² overlap
Niderfeld
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.01 km² overlap
Holi Gass
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 225 distinct species · 606 235 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Birsig : 21 espèces reliées par 115 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 20.5%, 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°
9,4°C
Annual rain
850mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,06
Runoff
637mm/an
PET
794mm
AET
644mm
Mean slope
5,7°
Water table
264cm
Forest
48%
Crops
15%
Urban
56%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)