HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080524240
Bassin de la Veyle
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 1 administrative regions : Ain
Sub-basin area
667,1km²
Upstream area
667,1km²
Discharge
11,1m³/s
Mean elev.
245m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 668.8 km²100.0% of basin
64 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Lent29.70 km²96% commune
- Dompierre-sur-Veyle29.08 km²99% commune
- Saint-Paul-de-Varax26.11 km²100% commune
- Neuville-les-Dames25.70 km²98% commune
- Saint-Nizier-le-Désert25.00 km²100% commune
- Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc24.76 km²100% commune
- Chalamont23.10 km²70% commune
- Condeissiat21.96 km²100% commune
- Versailleux19.38 km²100% commune
- Mézériat19.31 km²100% commune
- Le Plantay18.71 km²88% commune
- Vonnas18.04 km²100% commune
- Romans17.96 km²80% commune
- Confrançon17.95 km²100% commune
- Chaveyriat16.83 km²100% commune
- Polliat16.54 km²80% commune
- Montracol14.79 km²100% commune
- Châtenay14.51 km²96% commune
- Marlieux14.33 km²86% commune
- Saint-Germain-sur-Renon13.70 km²82% commune
- Servas12.96 km²99% commune
- Chanoz-Châtenay12.93 km²100% commune
- Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon12.26 km²72% commune
- Biziat11.84 km²100% commune
- Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon11.45 km²100% commune
- Saint-Jean-sur-Veyle11.32 km²96% commune
- Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg11.07 km²85% commune
- Perrex10.80 km²100% commune
- Saint-Julien-sur-Veyle10.16 km²100% commune
- Buellas10.09 km²100% commune
- Laiz9.80 km²100% commune
- Vandeins9.35 km²100% commune
- Saint-André-le-Bouchoux9.25 km²100% commune
- Péronnas9.00 km²49% commune
- Curtafond8.99 km²69% commune
- Saint-André-d'Huiriat8.88 km²100% commune
- Joyeux8.36 km²50% commune
- Sulignat8.17 km²76% commune
- Saint-Rémy7.33 km²100% commune
- Grièges7.25 km²47% commune
- Villars-les-Dombes7.19 km²30% commune
- Villette-sur-Ain7.13 km²36% commune
- Cruzilles-lès-Mépillat6.68 km²56% commune
- Montcet6.23 km²100% commune
- Saint-Didier-d'Aussiat5.21 km²34% commune
- Illiat4.99 km²24% commune
- Saint-Georges-sur-Renon4.51 km²84% commune
- L'Abergement-Clémenciat2.18 km²14% commune
- Châtillon-la-Palud2.12 km²15% commune
- Crottet2.01 km²17% commune
- Rignieux-le-Franc2.00 km²13% commune
- Pont-de-Veyle1.94 km²94% commune
- Viriat1.80 km²4% commune
- Crans1.21 km²9% commune
- La Chapelle-du-Châtelard1.19 km²9% commune
- La Tranclière1.04 km²7% commune
- Druillat0.70 km²3% commune
- Bâgé-la-Ville0.65 km²2% commune
- Birieux0.39 km²2% commune
- Saint-André-de-Bâgé0.37 km²13% commune
- Certines0.29 km²2% commune
- Bourg-en-Bresse0.23 km²1% commune
- Cormoranche-sur-Saône0.02 km²0% commune
- Varambon0.00 km²0% commune
7 intersecting protected areas
La Dombes
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
235.00 km² overlap
La Dombes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
235.00 km² overlap
La Dombes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
235.00 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
8.36 km² overlap
Val de Saône
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.40 km² overlap
Prairies humides et forêts alluviales du Val de Saône
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.40 km² overlap
Land 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
4 842 distinct species · 325 045 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Veyle : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 128 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 24.2%, 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°
11,0°C
Annual rain
825mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
525mm/an
PET
893mm
AET
658mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
55cm
Forest
19%
Crops
13%
Urban
1%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)