HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080503140
Bassin du Cher
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 1 administrative regions : Cher
Sub-basin area
615,6km²
Upstream area
4 516,5km²
Discharge
34,11m³/s
Mean elev.
159m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Marmande293 km²
- Bassin de la Loubière225 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 617.3 km²100.0% of basin
53 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Meillant33.11 km²79% commune
- Uzay-le-Venon29.73 km²83% commune
- Lunery28.24 km²86% commune
- Vallenay26.20 km²100% commune
- Villeneuve-sur-Cher25.91 km²100% commune
- Sainte-Thorette22.60 km²84% commune
- Corquoy22.53 km²97% commune
- Saint-Florent-sur-Cher22.50 km²100% commune
- Venesmes22.15 km²69% commune
- Châteauneuf-sur-Cher22.03 km²100% commune
- Le Subdray19.64 km²99% commune
- Saint-Loup-des-Chaumes18.84 km²100% commune
- Brinay18.43 km²62% commune
- Quincy18.34 km²100% commune
- Orcenais17.63 km²93% commune
- Arçay16.55 km²89% commune
- Chavannes16.50 km²70% commune
- Saint-Caprais15.06 km²100% commune
- Bruère-Allichamps14.55 km²100% commune
- Preuilly14.33 km²100% commune
- Sainte-Lunaise13.57 km²98% commune
- Morlac12.58 km²38% commune
- La Celle12.36 km²100% commune
- Morthomiers11.16 km²75% commune
- Nozières10.68 km²100% commune
- Chambon10.64 km²76% commune
- Marçais10.49 km²36% commune
- Lapan10.12 km²99% commune
- Plou8.81 km²26% commune
- Saint-Symphorien8.77 km²92% commune
- Farges-Allichamps8.11 km²100% commune
- Civray7.77 km²18% commune
- Crézançay-sur-Cher7.68 km²100% commune
- Limeux7.18 km²54% commune
- Serruelles7.04 km²98% commune
- Foëcy6.55 km²39% commune
- Arcomps5.38 km²27% commune
- Mehun-sur-Yèvre4.89 km²20% commune
- Lazenay4.51 km²14% commune
- Cerbois4.05 km²21% commune
- Orval3.62 km²47% commune
- Arpheuilles3.21 km²7% commune
- Levet3.09 km²12% commune
- Saint-Amand-Montrond2.61 km²13% commune
- Ineuil2.50 km²9% commune
- Trouy1.82 km²8% commune
- La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin1.54 km²20% commune
- Vierzon0.60 km²1% commune
- Contres0.56 km²4% commune
- Bourges0.39 km²1% commune
- Marmagne0.05 km²0% commune
- Saint-Baudel0.03 km²0% commune
- Loye-sur-Arnon0.00 km²0% commune
14 intersecting protected areas
Coteaux, bois et marais calcaires de la Champagne Berrichonne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
28.85 km² overlap
Le Patouillet
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
1.42 km² overlap
bois du patouillet (le)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.89 km² overlap
Chaumes Du Verniller
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.72 km² overlap
Thoux
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
0.63 km² overlap
pelouses du patouillet (les)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.35 km² overlap
chanteloup
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.18 km² overlap
chaumes du verniller (les)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.13 km² overlap
sablons de corquoy (les)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.10 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
marais de chavannes (le)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.09 km² overlap
pont (le)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.05 km² overlap
vallee au lievre (la)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
hauts de lapan (les)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
moulin du breuil (le)
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 401 distinct species · 267 447 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 du Cher : 34 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 5 bulles famille, 95 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 12.8%, 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°
11,1°C
Annual rain
718mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
232mm/an
PET
888mm
AET
604mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
86cm
Forest
5%
Crops
80%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)