HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080502920
Bassin de la Vienne
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 3 administrative regions : Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, Vienne
Sub-basin area
1 303,3km²
Upstream area
21 027,8km²
Discharge
212,06m³/s
Mean elev.
82m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Vienne815 km²
- Bassin de l'Esves323 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 943.9 km²72.2% of basin
- 362.9 km²27.8% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
105 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Épain61.32 km²97% commune
- Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine40.92 km²100% commune
- Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers38.53 km²99% commune
- Cravant-les-Côteaux35.45 km²92% commune
- Chinon33.75 km²87% commune
- Panzoult31.99 km²92% commune
- Marigny-Marmande29.96 km²98% commune
- Ceaux-en-Loudun28.85 km²100% commune
- Ligré28.02 km²100% commune
- Pouant26.52 km²100% commune
- Vézières26.03 km²98% commune
- Sérigny25.16 km²100% commune
- Sepmes22.42 km²78% commune
- Marçay21.50 km²100% commune
- Sammarçolles21.26 km²100% commune
- Avon-les-Roches21.06 km²63% commune
- Chaveignes21.03 km²100% commune
- Luzé20.33 km²100% commune
- Lémeré19.26 km²100% commune
- Maulay19.02 km²83% commune
- Parçay-sur-Vienne18.81 km²100% commune
- Draché18.24 km²98% commune
- La Roche-Clermault18.04 km²100% commune
- Faye-la-Vineuse17.65 km²100% commune
- Champigny-sur-Veude16.33 km²100% commune
- Braslou16.24 km²100% commune
- Seuilly15.93 km²100% commune
- Lerné15.74 km²95% commune
- Braye-sous-Faye15.73 km²100% commune
- Nueil-sous-Faye15.62 km²100% commune
- Courcoué15.51 km²100% commune
- Chezelles15.38 km²100% commune
- Razines15.34 km²100% commune
- Prinçay15.24 km²92% commune
- Beaumont-en-Véron15.22 km²80% commune
- Saint-Christophe15.05 km²100% commune
- Thuré14.87 km²34% commune
- Maillé14.87 km²96% commune
- Assay14.80 km²100% commune
- Pouzay14.73 km²100% commune
- Loudun14.67 km²33% commune
- Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois14.61 km²92% commune
- Crouzilles14.57 km²100% commune
- Brizay14.46 km²100% commune
- Jaulnay14.27 km²100% commune
- La Tour-Saint-Gelin13.52 km²100% commune
- Noyant-de-Touraine13.39 km²100% commune
- Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne13.37 km²100% commune
- Rilly-sur-Vienne12.72 km²100% commune
- La Roche-Rigault12.65 km²48% commune
- Bossée12.43 km²68% commune
- Orches12.00 km²62% commune
- Sossais11.30 km²94% commune
- Beuxes11.22 km²100% commune
- Ports11.13 km²99% commune
- Marcilly-sur-Vienne11.12 km²100% commune
- Neuil11.09 km²59% commune
- Savigny-en-Véron10.69 km²49% commune
- Sazilly10.54 km²100% commune
- Theneuil10.30 km²100% commune
- Couziers9.90 km²83% commune
- Trogues9.82 km²100% commune
- Messemé9.46 km²100% commune
- Berthegon9.41 km²90% commune
- Cinais9.15 km²100% commune
- Verneuil-le-Château8.80 km²100% commune
- Nouâtre8.68 km²89% commune
- Anché7.85 km²100% commune
- Basses7.50 km²73% commune
- Thizay6.53 km²100% commune
- Crissay-sur-Manse6.43 km²84% commune
- Dercé6.19 km²49% commune
- Roiffé5.39 km²23% commune
- Pussigny5.23 km²63% commune
- Tavant5.23 km²100% commune
- Richelieu5.17 km²100% commune
- Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt5.11 km²14% commune
- Savigny-sous-Faye4.80 km²31% commune
- Rivière3.72 km²100% commune
- L'Île-Bouchard3.49 km²100% commune
- Bournand3.24 km²10% commune
- Antogny-le-Tillac3.15 km²18% commune
- Cheillé2.80 km²6% commune
- Candes-Saint-Martin2.19 km²39% commune
- Mondion1.88 km²21% commune
- Saint-Genest-d'Ambière1.69 km²5% commune
- Rivarennes1.55 km²8% commune
- Louans1.39 km²8% commune
- Usseau1.33 km²7% commune
- La Celle-Saint-Avant1.29 km²7% commune
- Scorbé-Clairvaux1.20 km²5% commune
- Saix1.11 km²5% commune
- Chalais0.87 km²6% commune
- Avoine0.81 km²7% commune
- Leigné-sur-Usseau0.58 km²5% commune
- Le Louroux0.56 km²2% commune
- Villeperdue0.40 km²3% commune
- Bournan0.33 km²2% commune
- Saires0.25 km²2% commune
- Saint-Branchs0.22 km²0% commune
- La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin0.16 km²1% commune
- Marcé-sur-Esves0.12 km²1% commune
- Fontevraud-l'Abbaye0.06 km²0% commune
- Vellèches0.04 km²0% commune
- Sorigny0.04 km²0% commune
23 intersecting protected areas
Loire-Anjou-Touraine
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
674.63 km² overlap
Basses vallées de la Vienne et de l'Indre
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
33.05 km² overlap
Complexe forestier de Chinon, landes du Ruchard
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.90 km² overlap
Les puys du Chinonais
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.77 km² overlap
La Loire de Candes Saint Martin à Mosnes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.71 km² overlap
Vallée de la Loire d'Indre-et-Loire
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.71 km² overlap
Marais De Taligny
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
0.20 km² overlap
hauts de drache (les)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.19 km² overlap
vallee de l\'arceau (la)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.10 km² overlap
14 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Puys Du Chinonais
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.08 km² overlap
perou (le)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.05 km² overlap
vallee du reveillon (la)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.05 km² overlap
hauts pres (les)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.03 km² overlap
bec des deux eaux (le)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
bocage du veron (le)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
grands bois (les)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
trotte loup
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
vallee de la manse (la)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
les bois de chougnes
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
pierre galle
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
gachaux (les)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.00 km² overlap
cave du puy aux boeufs (la)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 027 distinct species · 613 986 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Vienne : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 147 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 20.9%, 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°
11,5°C
Annual rain
693mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
211mm/an
PET
878mm
AET
580mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
124cm
Forest
6%
Crops
60%
Urban
0%
Protected
52%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)