HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080518970
Bassin de la Besbre
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, Loire, Puy-de-Dôme
Sub-basin area
760,9km²
Upstream area
761,1km²
Discharge
6,78m³/s
Mean elev.
453m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 725.3 km²95.1% of basin
- 37.6 km²4.9% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
53 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Arfeuilles60.17 km²100% commune
- Châtel-Montagne36.56 km²100% commune
- Le Breuil34.22 km²100% commune
- Lapalisse32.93 km²100% commune
- Laprugne29.06 km²84% commune
- Vaumas28.60 km²81% commune
- Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs28.05 km²96% commune
- Dompierre-sur-Besbre27.69 km²60% commune
- Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre27.63 km²83% commune
- Saint-Clément25.91 km²100% commune
- Barrais-Bussolles25.72 km²100% commune
- Thionne24.65 km²90% commune
- Bert24.54 km²99% commune
- Saint-Pierre-Laval23.68 km²99% commune
- Droiturier22.13 km²100% commune
- Saint-Prix21.55 km²100% commune
- Saint-Priest-la-Prugne20.79 km²55% commune
- Châtelperron20.55 km²100% commune
- La Chabanne20.36 km²100% commune
- Varennes-sur-Tèche18.66 km²100% commune
- Andelaroche18.23 km²90% commune
- Trézelles18.03 km²100% commune
- Sorbier16.70 km²97% commune
- Saint-Léon15.15 km²45% commune
- Le Mayet-de-Montagne14.54 km²48% commune
- Servilly12.59 km²100% commune
- Jaligny-sur-Besbre9.71 km²100% commune
- Chavroches9.70 km²100% commune
- Périgny9.51 km²35% commune
- Loddes8.75 km²37% commune
- Isserpent8.39 km²31% commune
- Nizerolles8.35 km²48% commune
- Cindré8.07 km²35% commune
- Saint-Martin-d'Estréaux7.23 km²24% commune
- Saint-Bonnet-des-Quarts6.78 km²21% commune
- Châtelus6.48 km²100% commune
- Saint-Christophe5.84 km²21% commune
- Treteau4.78 km²15% commune
- Montcombroux-les-Mines3.56 km²15% commune
- Lavoine3.53 km²20% commune
- Diou2.83 km²11% commune
- Thiel-sur-Acolin2.74 km²5% commune
- Le Crozet2.27 km²17% commune
- Billezois1.66 km²11% commune
- Mercy1.01 km²3% commune
- Saint-Gérand-le-Puy0.82 km²4% commune
- Ferrières-sur-Sichon0.76 km²2% commune
- Montaiguët-en-Forez0.46 km²2% commune
- Saint-Rirand0.41 km²3% commune
- Le Donjon0.25 km²1% commune
- Montaigu-le-Blin0.19 km²1% commune
- Les Noës0.08 km²1% commune
- Saint-Victor-Montvianeix0.02 km²0% commune
13 intersecting protected areas
Sologne bourbonnaise
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
26.13 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
3.68 km² overlap
Bois-Noirs
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.07 km² overlap
Monts de la Madeleine
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.83 km² overlap
Étangs de Sologne bourbonnaise
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.89 km² overlap
Val de Loire bocager
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.54 km² overlap
Val de Loire bocager
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.51 km² overlap
Ruisseaux du Boën, Ban et Font d'Aix
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.06 km² overlap
Forêts et tourbières des Monts de la Madeleine
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.06 km² overlap
4 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Gîtes à chauves-souris, "Contreforts et Montagne Bourbonnaise"
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.06 km² overlap
Rivières de la Montagne Bourbonnaise
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.04 km² overlap
tourbiere du muzy
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
Livradois-Forez
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 752 distinct species · 267 872 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Besbre : 30 espèces reliées par 110 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
10,0°C
Annual rain
769mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,10
Runoff
281mm/an
PET
860mm
AET
633mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
291cm
Forest
30%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)