HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080514560
Bassin de la Loubière
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 : Allier, Cher
Sub-basin area
225km²
Upstream area
3 607,9km²
Discharge
28,41m³/s
Mean elev.
208m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de l'Œil994 km²
- Bassin du Cher852 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 188.4 km²83.5% of basin
- 37.2 km²16.5% of basin
24 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saulzais-le-Potier31.98 km²97% commune
- La Celette25.18 km²100% commune
- Faverdines19.12 km²100% commune
- Saint-Georges-de-Poisieux16.28 km²100% commune
- Vesdun16.01 km²32% commune
- Ainay-le-Vieil14.10 km²100% commune
- Arcomps12.95 km²64% commune
- Braize12.72 km²60% commune
- Urçay11.53 km²92% commune
- La Perche10.24 km²100% commune
- Épineuil-le-Fleuriel9.71 km²23% commune
- Coust9.55 km²43% commune
- Lételon6.17 km²100% commune
- Meaulne5.58 km²27% commune
- Drevant4.44 km²95% commune
- Orval4.09 km²53% commune
- Loye-sur-Arnon3.50 km²10% commune
- Bouzais3.09 km²100% commune
- La Groutte2.63 km²100% commune
- Colombiers2.36 km²24% commune
- Saint-Amand-Montrond2.01 km²10% commune
- Vitray1.19 km²4% commune
- Orcenais1.18 km²6% commune
- Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais0.01 km²0% commune
3 intersecting protected areas
Coteaux, bois et marais calcaires de la Champagne Berrichonne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.11 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.04 km² overlap
Forêt de Troncais
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 022 distinct species · 157 111 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 50 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 Loubière : 44 espèces reliées par 143 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
11,0°C
Annual rain
737mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
239mm/an
PET
898mm
AET
620mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
144cm
Forest
7%
Crops
56%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)