HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080530860
Bassin de l'Albarine
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
330,6km²
Upstream area
330,6km²
Discharge
7,83m³/s
Mean elev.
765m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 331.4 km²100.0% of basin
43 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Hauteville-Lompnes49.81 km²98% commune
- Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey26.19 km²92% commune
- Brénod19.24 km²80% commune
- Le Petit-Abergement18.22 km²67% commune
- Cormaranche-en-Bugey17.24 km²92% commune
- Champdor16.93 km²98% commune
- Le Grand-Abergement15.77 km²49% commune
- Conand14.81 km²95% commune
- Thézillieu14.41 km²53% commune
- Tenay12.94 km²96% commune
- Ambérieu-en-Bugey12.45 km²50% commune
- Arandas12.15 km²84% commune
- Évosges11.67 km²100% commune
- Torcieu10.48 km²96% commune
- Corcelles8.96 km²64% commune
- Aranc8.60 km²39% commune
- Oncieu7.85 km²100% commune
- Cleyzieu7.59 km²100% commune
- Argis7.53 km²100% commune
- Hostiaz6.26 km²64% commune
- Château-Gaillard5.44 km²34% commune
- Chaley4.81 km²100% commune
- Bettant3.63 km²96% commune
- Souclin2.77 km²21% commune
- Nivollet-Montgriffon2.52 km²29% commune
- Les Neyrolles2.26 km²26% commune
- Ambutrix2.12 km²43% commune
- Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens2.02 km²19% commune
- Saint-Denis-en-Bugey1.79 km²69% commune
- Hotonnes1.72 km²6% commune
- Corlier0.82 km²15% commune
- Billiat0.69 km²5% commune
- Vaux-en-Bugey0.39 km²5% commune
- Lompnieu0.30 km²3% commune
- Villes0.30 km²3% commune
- Prémillieu0.23 km²3% commune
- Boyeux-Saint-Jérôme0.22 km²1% commune
- Bénonces0.12 km²1% commune
- Châtillon-la-Palud0.08 km²1% commune
- Sutrieu0.01 km²0% commune
- Ruffieu0.00 km²0% commune
- Vieu-d'Izenave0.00 km²0% commune
- Ordonnaz0.00 km²0% commune
8 intersecting protected areas
Biotope Protection Order
14.34 km² overlap
Milieux remarquables du Bas Bugey
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
9.56 km² overlap
Plateau du Retord et chaîne du Grand Colombier
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.36 km² overlap
Basse vallée de l'Ain, confluence Ain-Rhône
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.77 km² overlap
Etang Des Loups
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.20 km² overlap
ens marais de vaux
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.18 km² overlap
ens etang des loups
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.08 km² overlap
ambutrix
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
6 036 distinct species · 354 453 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 l'Albarine : 20 espèces reliées par 114 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 23.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
8,4°C
Annual rain
1 096mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,25
Runoff
745mm/an
PET
804mm
AET
683mm
Mean slope
11,2°
Water table
413cm
Forest
85%
Crops
3%
Urban
3%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)