HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080521760
Bassin de la Petite Creuse
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 4 administrative regions : Allier, Cher, Creuse, Indre
Sub-basin area
857,2km²
Upstream area
857,2km²
Discharge
7,75m³/s
Mean elev.
392m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 817.7 km²95.1% of basin
- 21.0 km²2.4% of basin
- 20.6 km²2.4% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
64 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre44.33 km²99% commune
- Bonnat44.04 km²97% commune
- Clugnat42.92 km²100% commune
- Boussac-Bourg38.99 km²100% commune
- Genouillac35.90 km²100% commune
- Chéniers34.84 km²99% commune
- Parsac34.18 km²87% commune
- Ladapeyre31.49 km²100% commune
- Bétête28.39 km²100% commune
- Soumans27.88 km²75% commune
- Moutier-Malcard25.88 km²100% commune
- Malleret-Boussac25.76 km²100% commune
- Domeyrot24.21 km²96% commune
- Toulx-Sainte-Croix22.37 km²63% commune
- Méasnes21.66 km²79% commune
- La Cellette20.90 km²99% commune
- Roches20.75 km²80% commune
- Leyrat18.14 km²100% commune
- Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel17.56 km²88% commune
- Saint-Dizier-les-Domaines16.36 km²100% commune
- Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc15.83 km²100% commune
- Fresselines15.56 km²50% commune
- Lavaufranche15.02 km²93% commune
- Châtelus-Malvaleix14.94 km²100% commune
- Nouzerines14.72 km²77% commune
- Nouziers14.37 km²96% commune
- Treignat14.19 km²48% commune
- Mortroux13.77 km²100% commune
- Tercillat13.61 km²96% commune
- Linard12.32 km²100% commune
- Bussière-Saint-Georges11.81 km²53% commune
- Saint-Pierre-le-Bost11.28 km²68% commune
- Saint-Marien10.33 km²78% commune
- Cressat9.88 km²29% commune
- Jarnages9.04 km²100% commune
- Jalesches8.50 km²100% commune
- Nouzerolles8.15 km²100% commune
- Rimondeix7.88 km²100% commune
- Saint-Silvain-sous-Toulx7.14 km²50% commune
- Blaudeix6.77 km²100% commune
- Saint-Sauvier6.37 km²20% commune
- Chambon-Sainte-Croix6.11 km²95% commune
- La Forêt-du-Temple5.90 km²76% commune
- Ajain4.90 km²15% commune
- Saint-Dizier-la-Tour4.41 km²26% commune
- Malval4.22 km²100% commune
- Pionnat3.92 km²9% commune
- Vigeville2.31 km²31% commune
- Aigurande2.28 km²8% commune
- Jouillat1.28 km²6% commune
- Gouzon1.22 km²2% commune
- Boussac1.19 km²100% commune
- Bord-Saint-Georges0.95 km²3% commune
- Sazeray0.58 km²2% commune
- Nouhant0.53 km²2% commune
- Le Bourg-d'Hem0.49 km²3% commune
- Orsennes0.27 km²1% commune
- Crevant0.24 km²1% commune
- Champsanglard0.22 km²2% commune
- Préveranges0.11 km²0% commune
- La Celle-Dunoise0.11 km²0% commune
- Pouligny-Notre-Dame0.06 km²0% commune
- Saint-Plantaire0.03 km²0% commune
- Vigoulant0.00 km²0% commune
12 intersecting protected areas
Vallée de la Creuse
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.59 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.15 km² overlap
marais du chezeau
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.08 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.04 km² overlap
prairies humides de marmeron
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.04 km² overlap
marais du chezeau
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
vallee du champeix
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
bois de jugnat
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
3 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.00 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.00 km² overlap
bois des bagis
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
3 708 distinct species · 152 986 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Petite Creuse : 21 espèces reliées par 95 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 16.9%, 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°
10,2°C
Annual rain
838mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,04
Runoff
297mm/an
PET
871mm
AET
652mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
321cm
Forest
1%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)