HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080523030
Bassin de la Bienne
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Ain, Doubs, Jura, Jura-North Vaudois, Nyon
Sub-basin area
689,9km²
Upstream area
689,9km²
Discharge
23,2m³/s
Mean elev.
906m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 600.3 km²86.8% of basin
- 50.3 km²7.3% of basin
- 35.6 km²5.2% of basin
- Nyon4.0 km²0.6% of basin
- 1.4 km²0.2% of basin
63 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Claude68.34 km²97% commune
- Longchaumois57.77 km²100% commune
- Morbier39.79 km²94% commune
- Chapelle-des-Bois32.94 km²83% commune
- Prémanon26.18 km²92% commune
- Viry25.29 km²99% commune
- Arbent22.79 km²96% commune
- Lamoura22.65 km²100% commune
- Septmoncel18.94 km²99% commune
- Les Rousses18.38 km²47% commune
- Les Bouchoux17.09 km²78% commune
- La Pesse16.93 km²69% commune
- Les Moussières16.73 km²100% commune
- Bellefontaine16.57 km²67% commune
- Dortan13.96 km²74% commune
- Les Molunes12.52 km²59% commune
- Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude11.97 km²100% commune
- Oyonnax11.77 km²33% commune
- Lavancia-Epercy10.98 km²100% commune
- Rogna10.68 km²100% commune
- Saint-Lupicin9.96 km²100% commune
- Vaux-lès-Saint-Claude9.72 km²100% commune
- Pratz9.47 km²100% commune
- Villards-d'Héria9.46 km²97% commune
- Villard-Saint-Sauveur9.04 km²100% commune
- Morez8.97 km²98% commune
- Bellecombe8.73 km²71% commune
- La Mouille7.86 km²100% commune
- Choux7.78 km²100% commune
- Ravilloles7.77 km²100% commune
- Avignon-lès-Saint-Claude7.45 km²100% commune
- La Rixouse7.20 km²58% commune
- Jeurre7.17 km²100% commune
- Leschères7.04 km²89% commune
- Larrivoire6.78 km²100% commune
- Villard-sur-Bienne6.77 km²65% commune
- Martigna6.62 km²75% commune
- Montcusel6.61 km²71% commune
- Les Crozets6.50 km²78% commune
- Cuttura6.09 km²100% commune
- Lézat5.98 km²100% commune
- Coiserette5.84 km²100% commune
- Château-des-Prés5.58 km²65% commune
- Lajoux5.58 km²23% commune
- Chassal5.29 km²100% commune
- Vulvoz4.14 km²100% commune
- Coyrière4.11 km²100% commune
- Moirans-en-Montagne3.86 km²14% commune
- Grande-Rivière3.69 km²12% commune
- Molinges2.50 km²100% commune
- Ponthoux1.97 km²100% commune
- Châtelblanc1.88 km²9% commune
- Chancia1.86 km²56% commune
- Lac-des-Rouges-Truites1.31 km²7% commune
- Échallon0.98 km²4% commune
- Chaux-Neuve0.80 km²3% commune
- Belleydoux0.67 km²4% commune
- Étival0.43 km²3% commune
- Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux0.27 km²2% commune
- Géovreisset0.10 km²3% commune
- Condes0.09 km²3% commune
- Chézery-Forens0.05 km²0% commune
- Champfromier0.00 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
Haut-Jura
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
650.20 km² overlap
Vallées et côtes de la Bienne, du Tacon et du Flumen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
152.37 km² overlap
Vallées et côtes de la Bienne, du Tacon et du Flumen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
152.37 km² overlap
Forêts, corniches calcaires, ruisseaux et marais de Vulvoz à Viry
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
24.06 km² overlap
Plateau du Lizon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
20.57 km² overlap
Plateau du Lizon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
20.57 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
13.39 km² overlap
Massif du Mont-d'Or, du Noirmont et du Risol
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.48 km² overlap
Massif du Mont-d'Or, du Noirmont et du Risol
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
7.48 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Biotope Protection Order
6.49 km² overlap
Forêt du Massacre
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.71 km² overlap
Forêt du Massacre
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.71 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
5.33 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
5.30 km² overlap
Massif du Risoux
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.54 km² overlap
Massif du Risoux
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.54 km² overlap
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.20 km² overlap
Combe du Lac
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.42 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.71 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.25 km² overlap
Réserve forestière des Léseneys
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.20 km² overlap
Petite montagne du Jura
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.10 km² overlap
Petite montagne du Jura
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.10 km² overlap
sous la roche
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.09 km² overlap
tourbiere du roselet
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.06 km² overlap
le boulu
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.03 km² overlap
le grand boulu
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
clairieres sur perruche
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
Regional Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
sous la roche
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
6 821 distinct species · 593 342 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 Bienne : 15 espèces reliées par 95 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 23.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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°
7,4°C
Annual rain
1 248mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,39
Runoff
1 062mm/an
PET
748mm
AET
671mm
Mean slope
10,8°
Water table
359cm
Forest
94%
Crops
3%
Urban
3%
Protected
94%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)