HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080523900
Bassin de Matter Vispa
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 8 administrative regions across 2 countries : Aosta, Brig, Hérens, Leuk, Sierre +3
Sub-basin area
776,9km²
Upstream area
776,9km²
Discharge
27,83m³/s
Mean elev.
2 632m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
8 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Visp751.9 km²96.5% of basin
- Aosta12.8 km²1.6% of basin
- Leuk5.5 km²0.7% of basin
- 3.0 km²0.4% of basin
- 2.9 km²0.4% of basin
- Sierre2.4 km²0.3% of basin
- 0.3 km²0.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
30 intersecting protected areas
Grundberg - Almagellertal
IUCN Not AssignedPrivate Nature Reserves
35.15 km² overlap
Zermatt
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
2.31 km² overlap
Hohlichtgletscher
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
1.92 km² overlap
Ambienti glaciali del Gruppo del Monte Rosa
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.67 km² overlap
Ambienti glaciali del Gruppo del Monte Rosa
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.67 km² overlap
Läubinubodme
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
1.65 km² overlap
Triftgletscher VS
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
1.65 km² overlap
Abberggletscher
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
1.14 km² overlap
Zermatt
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
1.00 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Usser Gornerli
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.95 km² overlap
Feegletscher N
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.93 km² overlap
Sädolwald
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.90 km² overlap
Ofental Gletscher
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.78 km² overlap
Hobiel
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.51 km² overlap
Usser Gornerli
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.48 km² overlap
Schalubärg
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.32 km² overlap
Gufer
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.30 km² overlap
Eggen
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.29 km² overlap
Monte Rosa
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.25 km² overlap
Täschalpen
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.21 km² overlap
Chrachilbode
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.20 km² overlap
Liggi
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.17 km² overlap
Furggegga
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.16 km² overlap
Bärgji
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.14 km² overlap
Schüfla
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.14 km² overlap
Siwibode
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.12 km² overlap
Bode
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.11 km² overlap
Wasserschloss
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.10 km² overlap
Hannig
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.09 km² overlap
Rosswang
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 938 distinct species · 485 224 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Matter Vispa : 15 espèces reliées par 108 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 21.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 17 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°
-1,6°C
Annual rain
1 931mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,78
Runoff
1 130mm/an
PET
389mm
AET
388mm
Mean slope
26,5°
Water table
825cm
Forest
25%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)