HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080520910
Bassin de la Dranse
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 across 2 countries : Haute-Savoie, Monthey, Morges
Sub-basin area
573,4km²
Upstream area
573,4km²
Discharge
17,23m³/s
Mean elev.
1 250m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 572.5 km²99.6% of basin
- Monthey1.7 km²0.3% of basin
- Morges0.7 km²0.1% of basin
42 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Abondance59.92 km²99% commune
- Morzine43.56 km²97% commune
- Bellevaux43.21 km²88% commune
- Saint-Jean-d'Aulps40.55 km²100% commune
- La Chapelle-d'Abondance37.09 km²100% commune
- Châtel31.81 km²91% commune
- Vacheresse30.70 km²100% commune
- Lac Léman27.97 km²12% commune
- Montriond24.83 km²96% commune
- Bernex20.84 km²93% commune
- Seytroux18.91 km²100% commune
- Vailly18.64 km²97% commune
- La Baume16.53 km²100% commune
- Féternes13.55 km²96% commune
- Le Biot13.04 km²100% commune
- Lullin11.36 km²87% commune
- Les Gets10.76 km²35% commune
- Chevenoz10.63 km²100% commune
- Samoëns10.38 km²11% commune
- Reyvroz9.65 km²98% commune
- La Vernaz7.81 km²100% commune
- Bonnevaux7.63 km²100% commune
- Publier6.81 km²75% commune
- Thonon-les-Bains6.69 km²40% commune
- Essert-Romand6.51 km²100% commune
- La Côte-d'Arbroz6.49 km²52% commune
- Marin5.56 km²100% commune
- Vinzier4.84 km²73% commune
- Saint-Paul-en-Chablais4.17 km²29% commune
- Verchaix4.02 km²24% commune
- La Forclaz3.84 km²100% commune
- Armoy3.34 km²69% commune
- Mégevette3.06 km²14% commune
- Champanges2.64 km²77% commune
- Lyaud1.76 km²19% commune
- Mieussy1.12 km²3% commune
- Larringes0.88 km²11% commune
- Thollon-les-Mémises0.81 km²6% commune
- Novel0.42 km²4% commune
- Habère-Poche0.19 km²2% commune
- Onnion0.01 km²0% commune
- Draillant0.01 km²0% commune
25 intersecting protected areas
Roc d'enfer
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
25.43 km² overlap
Roc d'Enfer
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
25.43 km² overlap
Haut Giffre
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
23.11 km² overlap
Cornettes de Bise
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
15.41 km² overlap
Cornettes De Bise
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
14.77 km² overlap
Mont De Grange
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
13.74 km² overlap
Mont de Grange
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
12.57 km² overlap
Impluvium d'Evian
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
12.04 km² overlap
Rives du Lac Léman
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
3.93 km² overlap
16 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Lac Léman
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.38 km² overlap
Lac Léman
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.38 km² overlap
Col Ratti
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
1.29 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.62 km² overlap
Delta de la Dranse
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.54 km² overlap
Delta de la Dranse
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.54 km² overlap
Delta De La Dranse
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.51 km² overlap
Plateau Gavot
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.46 km² overlap
Lac de Morgins
IUCN Not AssignedPrivate Nature Reserves
0.17 km² overlap
Col de Bretolet (VS)
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Reserves for Waterbirds and Migratory Birds of International and National Imp.
0.14 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.12 km² overlap
Le miroir
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.10 km² overlap
Estuaire de la dranse
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.06 km² overlap
parcelles isolees
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.03 km² overlap
Lac de Morgins
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Fenlands of National Importance
0.02 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 161 distinct species · 624 539 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 Dranse : 20 espèces reliées par 74 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 18.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
5,7°C
Annual rain
1 325mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,44
Runoff
945mm/an
PET
697mm
AET
640mm
Mean slope
20,6°
Water table
650cm
Forest
85%
Crops
6%
Urban
3%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)