HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080524570
Bassin de la Valouse
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 : Ain, Jura
Sub-basin area
313,7km²
Upstream area
313,7km²
Discharge
9,14m³/s
Mean elev.
510m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 311.9 km²99.2% of basin
- 2.6 km²0.8% of basin
54 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Sarrogna20.11 km²100% commune
- Orgelet18.46 km²70% commune
- Aromas18.10 km²94% commune
- Arinthod16.39 km²80% commune
- Chambéria14.79 km²100% commune
- Vosbles12.87 km²100% commune
- Cornod12.09 km²85% commune
- Présilly10.96 km²100% commune
- Savigna10.08 km²100% commune
- Chavéria9.99 km²100% commune
- Lavans-sur-Valouse9.42 km²97% commune
- Légna9.11 km²92% commune
- Rothonay9.02 km²71% commune
- Valfin-sur-Valouse8.81 km²98% commune
- La Tour-du-Meix8.72 km²61% commune
- Marigna-sur-Valouse8.20 km²97% commune
- Dompierre-sur-Mont7.19 km²100% commune
- Chisséria7.05 km²98% commune
- Dramelay6.53 km²92% commune
- Plaisia5.79 km²98% commune
- Poids-de-Fiole5.60 km²90% commune
- Thoirette5.20 km²59% commune
- Écrille4.97 km²100% commune
- Marnézia4.89 km²96% commune
- Nancuise4.81 km²92% commune
- Beffia4.80 km²90% commune
- Alièze4.79 km²83% commune
- Charnod4.69 km²90% commune
- Reithouse4.63 km²97% commune
- La Boissière4.25 km²84% commune
- Moutonne4.17 km²100% commune
- Saint-Hymetière3.47 km²100% commune
- Cézia3.38 km²100% commune
- Fétigny3.23 km²100% commune
- Cernon3.18 km²19% commune
- Genod3.12 km²100% commune
- Chatonnay2.97 km²100% commune
- Mérona2.66 km²96% commune
- Corveissiat2.62 km²11% commune
- Dessia2.38 km²54% commune
- Saint-Maur1.85 km²29% commune
- Onoz1.75 km²10% commune
- Chemilla1.72 km²100% commune
- Nogna1.69 km²27% commune
- Villeneuve-lès-Charnod1.48 km²21% commune
- Vescles1.31 km²6% commune
- Pimorin0.45 km²4% commune
- Largillay-Marsonnay0.22 km²3% commune
- Varessia0.17 km²9% commune
- Monnetay0.17 km²7% commune
- Mesnois0.10 km²1% commune
- Essia0.09 km²2% commune
- Revigny0.02 km²0% commune
- Germagnat0.00 km²0% commune
7 intersecting protected areas
Petite montagne du Jura
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
242.59 km² overlap
Petite montagne du Jura
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
242.59 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
4.91 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
1.21 km² overlap
Revermont et gorges de l'Ain
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.47 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.35 km² overlap
les pres du grand etang
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
3 062 distinct species · 156 353 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Valouse : 17 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 104 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 22.4%, 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°
9,5°C
Annual rain
1 006mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,18
Runoff
912mm/an
PET
823mm
AET
671mm
Mean slope
7,4°
Water table
285cm
Forest
65%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)