HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080517960
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 3 administrative regions : Allier, Cher, Creuse
Sub-basin area
852km²
Upstream area
2 389,1km²
Discharge
20,39m³/s
Mean elev.
317m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin du Cher572 km²
- Bassin du Chat Cros114 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 750.7 km²87.9% of basin
- 72.6 km²8.5% of basin
- 30.9 km²3.6% of basin
55 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Désiré38.40 km²91% commune
- Domérat35.47 km²100% commune
- Huriel34.77 km²100% commune
- Épineuil-le-Fleuriel33.26 km²77% commune
- Néris-les-Bains32.79 km²100% commune
- Chazemais29.86 km²100% commune
- Audes28.72 km²100% commune
- Chambérat28.63 km²99% commune
- La Chapelaude28.15 km²100% commune
- Vallon-en-Sully27.62 km²74% commune
- Courçais26.33 km²100% commune
- Quinssaines25.95 km²100% commune
- Saint-Martinien25.00 km²98% commune
- Archignat24.25 km²100% commune
- Saint-Victor23.37 km²100% commune
- Viersat22.07 km²75% commune
- Teillet-Argenty21.78 km²100% commune
- Prémilhat21.43 km²100% commune
- Vesdun21.19 km²42% commune
- Montluçon21.11 km²100% commune
- Nassigny17.96 km²100% commune
- Vaux17.91 km²100% commune
- Verneix17.75 km²58% commune
- Saint-Vitte17.12 km²100% commune
- Maillet16.80 km²64% commune
- Treignat15.48 km²52% commune
- Villebret15.42 km²100% commune
- Saint-Genest15.27 km²100% commune
- Durdat-Larequille15.15 km²61% commune
- Givarlais14.13 km²96% commune
- Saint-Angel13.93 km²53% commune
- Sainte-Thérence13.43 km²100% commune
- Estivareilles11.91 km²100% commune
- Mazirat11.45 km²57% commune
- Lignerolles11.23 km²100% commune
- Lavault-Sainte-Anne8.92 km²100% commune
- Désertines7.92 km²100% commune
- Terjat7.75 km²42% commune
- Budelière7.56 km²31% commune
- Saint-Sauvier7.50 km²23% commune
- Reugny7.39 km²100% commune
- Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest7.39 km²38% commune
- Chamblet6.75 km²33% commune
- Lamaids5.63 km²73% commune
- Commentry5.52 km²27% commune
- Mesples1.39 km²9% commune
- Meaulne1.19 km²6% commune
- Viplaix1.08 km²3% commune
- Saulzais-le-Potier0.98 km²3% commune
- Nouhant0.69 km²3% commune
- Évaux-les-Bains0.58 km²1% commune
- Hérisson0.48 km²1% commune
- Malicorne0.26 km²2% commune
- Louroux-Hodement0.09 km²0% commune
- Saint-Éloy-d'Allier0.00 km²0% commune
4 intersecting protected areas
Gorges du Haut-Cher
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
12.34 km² overlap
Gorges de la Tardes et Vallée du Cher
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.32 km² overlap
bois de pitrot
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.04 km² overlap
clos sanvoisin
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
3 815 distinct species · 167 759 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 du Cher : 30 espèces + 7 bulles famille, 103 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 15.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 7 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°
10,5°C
Annual rain
758mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
258mm/an
PET
890mm
AET
631mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
265cm
Forest
2%
Crops
34%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)