HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080501710
Bassin de la Boulogne
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 : Loire-Atlantique, Vendée
Sub-basin area
1 269km²
Upstream area
1 269,1km²
Discharge
21,77m³/s
Mean elev.
33m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 957.9 km²75.3% of basin
- 314.6 km²24.7% of basin
69 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu97.86 km²100% commune
- Legé62.52 km²100% commune
- Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine50.64 km²100% commune
- Corcoué-sur-Logne50.06 km²100% commune
- Vieillevigne42.18 km²81% commune
- Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne42.10 km²78% commune
- Sainte-Pazanne41.13 km²100% commune
- Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse39.61 km²100% commune
- Chéméré37.51 km²99% commune
- Saint-Colomban35.89 km²100% commune
- Saint-Mars-de-Coutais35.52 km²100% commune
- Rouans35.08 km²91% commune
- Port-Saint-Père33.16 km²100% commune
- Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons32.78 km²93% commune
- La Chevrolière32.71 km²100% commune
- La Limouzinière29.66 km²100% commune
- Montbert29.50 km²100% commune
- Rocheservière28.65 km²100% commune
- Le Bignon27.62 km²100% commune
- Frossay25.96 km²43% commune
- La Planche24.53 km²100% commune
- Saligny23.29 km²99% commune
- Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte22.56 km²82% commune
- Pont-Saint-Martin21.81 km²100% commune
- Vue20.08 km²100% commune
- Touvois18.51 km²51% commune
- Machecoul18.49 km²27% commune
- La Marne17.84 km²100% commune
- Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu17.63 km²98% commune
- Saint-Lumine-de-Coutais16.90 km²100% commune
- Saint-Même-le-Tenu16.76 km²94% commune
- Mormaison15.94 km²100% commune
- Dompierre-sur-Yon15.92 km²47% commune
- Saint-André-Treize-Voies15.67 km²81% commune
- Brains15.35 km²96% commune
- Arthon-en-Retz14.70 km²37% commune
- Saint-Sulpice-le-Verdon13.56 km²94% commune
- Bouaye12.06 km²87% commune
- La Merlatière12.00 km²76% commune
- Boulogne11.73 km²96% commune
- Saint-Étienne-du-Bois10.49 km²36% commune
- Saint-Martin-des-Noyers8.94 km²21% commune
- Geneston8.55 km²100% commune
- Paulx7.80 km²22% commune
- Les Sorinières7.68 km²58% commune
- Cheix-en-Retz7.67 km²100% commune
- Les Essarts7.62 km²14% commune
- Saint-Léger-les-Vignes6.86 km²100% commune
- Le Pellerin6.08 km²20% commune
- Remouillé6.07 km²27% commune
- Grand'Landes5.52 km²27% commune
- Bourgneuf-en-Retz5.25 km²10% commune
- Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine4.50 km²31% commune
- Chauché3.92 km²9% commune
- L'Herbergement3.70 km²22% commune
- Vertou2.90 km²8% commune
- Bouguenais2.84 km²9% commune
- Rezé2.58 km²17% commune
- Belleville-sur-Vie1.97 km²13% commune
- La Copechagnière1.81 km²18% commune
- Les Brouzils1.38 km²3% commune
- Château-Thébaud1.00 km²6% commune
- Chauvé0.71 km²2% commune
- Fresnay-en-Retz0.45 km²2% commune
- Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau0.43 km²4% commune
- Beaufou0.12 km²0% commune
- La Montagne0.05 km²1% commune
- Cordemais0.05 km²0% commune
- Saint-Viaud0.01 km²0% commune
15 intersecting protected areas
Lac de Grand-Lieu
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
63.10 km² overlap
Lac de Grand-Lieu
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
62.35 km² overlap
Lac de Grand Lieu
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
57.48 km² overlap
Estuaire de la Loire
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
37.52 km² overlap
Estuaire de la Loire
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
37.47 km² overlap
Lac de grand lieu
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
27.83 km² overlap
Lac De Grand-Lieu
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
26.76 km² overlap
Lac De Grand-Lieu
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
6.57 km² overlap
Estuaire de la loire
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.55 km² overlap
6 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.66 km² overlap
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.29 km² overlap
Bocage Humide Des Cailleries
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
0.18 km² overlap
La Pierre-Aigüe
IUCN IVGeotope Protection Order
0.10 km² overlap
La Pierre-Aigüe
IUCN Not ReportedGeotope Protection Order
0.10 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 253 distinct species · 294 861 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 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 Boulogne : 40 espèces + 5 bulles famille, 77 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 7.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 5 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°
11,7°C
Annual rain
797mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,02
Runoff
531mm/an
PET
814mm
AET
581mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
66cm
Forest
4%
Crops
53%
Urban
3%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)