HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080522090
Bassin de l'Andelot
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, Puy-de-Dôme
Sub-basin area
1 113km²
Upstream area
9 977,7km²
Discharge
95,51m³/s
Mean elev.
361m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Dore1711 km²
- Bassin du Buron186 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1016.4 km²91.1% of basin
- 99.4 km²8.9% of basin
92 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Ferrières-sur-Sichon37.55 km²98% commune
- Busset37.10 km²100% commune
- Cusset32.19 km²100% commune
- Gannat30.69 km²82% commune
- Saint-Didier-la-Forêt30.32 km²89% commune
- Brugheas27.22 km²98% commune
- Arronnes26.69 km²100% commune
- Molles26.18 km²100% commune
- Varennes-sur-Allier24.40 km²100% commune
- Saint-Sylvestre-Pragoulin23.95 km²100% commune
- Paray-sous-Briailles22.29 km²100% commune
- Saint-Christophe22.23 km²79% commune
- Boucé21.91 km²100% commune
- La Chapelle21.07 km²100% commune
- Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat21.07 km²100% commune
- Marcenat19.64 km²100% commune
- Broût-Vernet19.27 km²61% commune
- Saint-Gérand-le-Puy19.17 km²96% commune
- Saint-Étienne-de-Vicq18.84 km²100% commune
- Isserpent18.83 km²69% commune
- Montoldre18.51 km²96% commune
- Bellerive-sur-Allier18.50 km²100% commune
- Espinasse-Vozelle18.29 km²100% commune
- Périgny17.88 km²65% commune
- Treteau17.42 km²55% commune
- Saint-Loup17.42 km²100% commune
- Vendat16.56 km²100% commune
- Saint-Priest-Bramefant15.82 km²84% commune
- Le Mayet-de-Montagne15.57 km²52% commune
- Vensat15.56 km²94% commune
- Biozat15.44 km²95% commune
- Lachaux15.24 km²69% commune
- Cindré15.12 km²65% commune
- Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule14.79 km²41% commune
- Billezois14.06 km²89% commune
- Serbannes14.01 km²100% commune
- Lavoine13.58 km²78% commune
- Escurolles13.30 km²100% commune
- Magnet12.92 km²100% commune
- Cognat-Lyonne12.86 km²100% commune
- La Guillermie12.66 km²100% commune
- Montaigu-le-Blin12.51 km²99% commune
- Saint-Pont12.11 km²100% commune
- Créchy11.81 km²100% commune
- Creuzier-le-Vieux11.28 km²100% commune
- Creuzier-le-Neuf10.80 km²100% commune
- Billy10.70 km²100% commune
- Abrest10.28 km²100% commune
- Le Vernet10.23 km²100% commune
- Seuillet9.84 km²100% commune
- Loriges9.58 km²100% commune
- Mariol9.55 km²97% commune
- Bost9.52 km²100% commune
- Saulzet9.43 km²100% commune
- Nizerolles9.04 km²52% commune
- Monteignet-sur-l'Andelot9.03 km²100% commune
- Rongères8.88 km²100% commune
- Charmes8.34 km²100% commune
- Saint-Genès-du-Retz8.27 km²99% commune
- Sanssat8.12 km²100% commune
- Hauterive8.03 km²100% commune
- Saint-Germain-des-Fossés7.89 km²100% commune
- Saint-Priest-d'Andelot7.63 km²100% commune
- Charmeil7.41 km²100% commune
- Langy7.28 km²100% commune
- Saint-Yorre6.58 km²100% commune
- Vichy5.95 km²100% commune
- Saint-Félix5.00 km²100% commune
- Ris4.81 km²30% commune
- Contigny4.06 km²24% commune
- Le Mayet-d'École3.99 km²60% commune
- Mazerier3.62 km²49% commune
- Randan3.61 km²24% commune
- La Ferté-Hauterive3.37 km²15% commune
- Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux3.13 km²8% commune
- Saint-Agoulin3.06 km²32% commune
- Bayet2.21 km²10% commune
- Poëzat1.97 km²100% commune
- Montpensier1.94 km²26% commune
- Champs1.91 km²12% commune
- Bas-et-Lezat1.38 km²11% commune
- Villeneuve-les-Cerfs1.12 km²11% commune
- Saint-Victor-Montvianeix1.05 km²2% commune
- Mons1.01 km²7% commune
- Laprugne0.86 km²2% commune
- Effiat0.63 km²3% commune
- Jenzat0.53 km²4% commune
- Bègues0.22 km²3% commune
- Le Breuil0.11 km²0% commune
- Beaumont-lès-Randan0.01 km²0% commune
- Chaptuzat0.00 km²0% commune
- Aigueperse0.00 km²0% commune
17 intersecting protected areas
Val d'Allier Bourbonnais
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
56.22 km² overlap
Livradois-Forez
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
21.74 km² overlap
Vallée de l'Allier sud
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
20.82 km² overlap
Rivière Allier
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
16.93 km² overlap
Gîtes à chauves-souris, "Contreforts et Montagne Bourbonnaise"
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
15.87 km² overlap
Vallée de l'Allier nord
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.90 km² overlap
Val d'allier Saint Yorre-Joze
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.05 km² overlap
Rivières de la Montagne Bourbonnaise
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.50 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
3.40 km² overlap
8 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Val D\'Allier
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
1.43 km² overlap
Zones alluviales de la confluence Dore-Allier
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.63 km² overlap
val d\'allier - le meplan
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.26 km² overlap
val d\'allier - les jelines
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.19 km² overlap
val d\'allier - pre redan
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.10 km² overlap
ile des queriaux
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.08 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.01 km² overlap
Bois-Noirs
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 767 distinct species · 292 936 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 l'Andelot : 31 espèces + 5 bulles famille, 55 interactions GloBI documentées sur 7 types (connectance 8.7%, 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°
10,4°C
Annual rain
735mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
260mm/an
PET
902mm
AET
618mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
219cm
Forest
15%
Crops
41%
Urban
4%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)