HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080519060
Bassin de la Vouzance
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, Saône-et-Loire
Sub-basin area
646,1km²
Upstream area
13 102,1km²
Discharge
128,84m³/s
Mean elev.
288m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Loire21 km²
- Bassin de l'Arroux13 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 482.9 km²74.5% of basin
- 164.9 km²25.5% of basin
37 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saligny-sur-Roudon57.51 km²100% commune
- Neuvy-Grandchamp37.39 km²75% commune
- Liernolles37.29 km²100% commune
- Le Donjon36.69 km²99% commune
- Saint-Didier-en-Donjon33.56 km²100% commune
- Monétay-sur-Loire31.71 km²100% commune
- Saint-Agnan25.87 km²100% commune
- Lenax25.58 km²90% commune
- Pierrefitte-sur-Loire25.11 km²100% commune
- Molinet25.07 km²99% commune
- Neuilly-en-Donjon24.84 km²100% commune
- Coulanges24.59 km²100% commune
- Le Pin22.05 km²100% commune
- Chalmoux22.02 km²58% commune
- Diou21.58 km²84% commune
- Gilly-sur-Loire21.00 km²94% commune
- Montcombroux-les-Mines20.16 km²85% commune
- Les Guerreaux20.12 km²100% commune
- Saint-Léon18.78 km²55% commune
- Saint-Léger-sur-Vouzance16.51 km²90% commune
- Le Bouchaud16.44 km²71% commune
- Luneau16.29 km²59% commune
- Perrigny-sur-Loire16.10 km²100% commune
- La Motte-Saint-Jean14.78 km²68% commune
- Loddes13.31 km²56% commune
- Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre5.52 km²17% commune
- La Chapelle-au-Mans5.45 km²20% commune
- Vaumas4.13 km²12% commune
- Avrilly2.19 km²19% commune
- Chassenard2.02 km²8% commune
- Digoin1.51 km²4% commune
- Dompierre-sur-Besbre1.33 km²3% commune
- Bourg-le-Comte0.49 km²4% commune
- Sorbier0.45 km²3% commune
- Bert0.18 km²1% commune
- Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire0.17 km²2% commune
- Bourbon-Lancy0.02 km²0% commune
2 intersecting protected areas
Val de Loire bocager
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
38.21 km² overlap
Val de Loire bocager
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
11.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 291 distinct species · 72 565 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Vouzance : 24 espèces + 5 bulles famille, 63 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 15.5%, 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°
10,8°C
Annual rain
744mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
308mm/an
PET
872mm
AET
624mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
168cm
Forest
1%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)