HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080517740
Bassin de l'Œil
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, Puy-de-Dôme
Sub-basin area
993,9km²
Upstream area
993,9km²
Discharge
7,3m³/s
Mean elev.
337m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 971.3 km²97.5% of basin
- 25.2 km²2.5% of basin
62 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Buxières-les-Mines48.18 km²100% commune
- Villefranche-d'Allier40.15 km²100% commune
- Louroux-Bourbonnais33.40 km²99% commune
- Hérisson32.25 km²99% commune
- Venas32.00 km²100% commune
- La Celle31.55 km²100% commune
- Ygrande30.14 km²56% commune
- Vieure29.59 km²100% commune
- Louroux-Hodement29.44 km²100% commune
- Bizeneuille29.25 km²100% commune
- Doyet27.72 km²100% commune
- Saint-Priest-en-Murat26.06 km²100% commune
- Le Brethon25.91 km²58% commune
- Deneuille-les-Mines25.48 km²100% commune
- Cosne-d'Allier24.79 km²100% commune
- Tortezais24.21 km²100% commune
- Le Vilhain23.37 km²89% commune
- Rocles21.42 km²100% commune
- Saint-Hilaire20.54 km²100% commune
- Murat19.79 km²100% commune
- Saint-Sornin19.66 km²100% commune
- Saint-Caprais19.58 km²100% commune
- Sauvagny19.38 km²100% commune
- Chappes18.72 km²100% commune
- Hyds18.40 km²100% commune
- Saint-Bonnet-de-Four17.90 km²96% commune
- Chavenon17.50 km²100% commune
- Deux-Chaises16.15 km²39% commune
- Beaune-d'Allier15.74 km²63% commune
- Commentry15.12 km²73% commune
- Saint-Aubin-le-Monial14.23 km²64% commune
- Meaulne14.19 km²68% commune
- Vitray14.16 km²48% commune
- Lapeyrouse13.61 km²37% commune
- Chamblet13.48 km²67% commune
- Sazeret13.35 km²74% commune
- Colombier13.22 km²100% commune
- Verneix12.94 km²42% commune
- Saint-Angel12.42 km²47% commune
- Malicorne12.19 km²98% commune
- Montvicq10.29 km²100% commune
- Louroux-de-Beaune10.21 km²100% commune
- Bézenet9.96 km²100% commune
- Vallon-en-Sully9.94 km²26% commune
- Maillet9.57 km²36% commune
- Durdat-Larequille9.52 km²39% commune
- Tronget8.37 km²27% commune
- Ars-les-Favets8.11 km²57% commune
- Gipcy6.90 km²25% commune
- Montmarault5.80 km²63% commune
- Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest5.67 km²29% commune
- Ronnet3.04 km²15% commune
- Theneuille2.52 km²6% commune
- Noyant-d'Allier2.06 km²10% commune
- Buxières-sous-Montaigut1.95 km²18% commune
- Cérilly1.38 km²2% commune
- Urçay0.94 km²8% commune
- Le Montet0.87 km²53% commune
- La Crouzille0.84 km²4% commune
- Montaigut0.69 km²8% commune
- Givarlais0.60 km²4% commune
- Braize0.02 km²0% commune
4 intersecting protected areas
Forêt de Troncais
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.57 km² overlap
Gîtes de Hérisson
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.55 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
1.84 km² overlap
Nantigny
IUCN IaForest Integral Biological Reserve
0.94 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 168 distinct species · 257 401 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 de l'Œil : 27 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 124 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 15.9%, 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°
10,4°C
Annual rain
751mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
246mm/an
PET
887mm
AET
629mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
250cm
Forest
4%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)