HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080524140
Bassin de Lonza
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 9 administrative regions : Brig, Frutigen, Goms, Interlaken, Leuk +4
Sub-basin area
652km²
Upstream area
2 415,7km²
Discharge
99,21m³/s
Mean elev.
2 054m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rotten987 km²
- Bassin de Matter Vispa777 km²
9 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Leuk295.9 km²45.3% of basin
- 268.1 km²41.0% of basin
- Sierre41.8 km²6.4% of basin
- Visp35.3 km²5.4% of basin
- 5.7 km²0.9% of basin
- ObersimmentalBern · Switzerland3.7 km²0.6% of basin
- FrutigenBern · Switzerland2.1 km²0.3% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.1% of basin
1 moreFull L2 list
- Interlaken0.3 km² · 0.0%
30 intersecting protected areas
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
191.06 km² overlap
Turtmanntal
IUCN IVFederal Hunting Reserves
36.30 km² overlap
Wilerhorn
IUCN IVFederal Hunting Reserves
32.41 km² overlap
Alpjuhorn
IUCN IVFederal Hunting Reserves
32.38 km² overlap
Leukerbad
IUCN IVFederal Hunting Reserves
31.80 km² overlap
Finges/Pfyn
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
20.36 km² overlap
Finges
IUCN Not AssignedEmerald Sites
20.36 km² overlap
Bietschhorn
IUCN IVFederal Hunting Reserves
13.39 km² overlap
Pfynwald - Bois de Finges
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
12.00 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Pfynwald
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
3.52 km² overlap
Langgletscher/Jegigletscher
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
3.35 km² overlap
Üssre Baltschiedergletscher
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
3.08 km² overlap
Blatte
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
1.52 km² overlap
Ober Rotafen
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
1.40 km² overlap
Niedergesteln
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
1.26 km² overlap
Pfyn Ost, Rosensee
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas of National Importance
0.51 km² overlap
Erschmatt
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.50 km² overlap
Feschilju
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserves
0.42 km² overlap
Rämi
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.41 km² overlap
Chalchofe
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.35 km² overlap
Alp Untersteinberg und Breitlauenen
IUCN Not AssignedPrivate Nature Reserves
0.33 km² overlap
Pfarschong
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.30 km² overlap
Lirschigrabu
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.20 km² overlap
Dorbu
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.19 km² overlap
Planitschat
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.19 km² overlap
Tännmattu
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.18 km² overlap
Bärde
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.16 km² overlap
Châteaunie
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.16 km² overlap
Jegisand
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Alluvial Zones of National Importance
0.15 km² overlap
Sädol
IUCN IVFederal Inventory of Dry Grasslands and Pastures of National Importance
0.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 016 distinct species · 857 051 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 Lonza : 23 espèces reliées par 138 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 19.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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°
1,2°C
Annual rain
1 709mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,66
Runoff
1 091mm/an
PET
485mm
AET
469mm
Mean slope
25,8°
Water table
824cm
Forest
50%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
27%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)