HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080532530
Bassin du Thaurion
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 : Creuse, Haute-Vienne
Sub-basin area
1 034,5km²
Upstream area
1 034,5km²
Discharge
12,5m³/s
Mean elev.
520m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 837.6 km²80.8% of basin
- 199.5 km²19.2% of basin
67 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Dizier-Leyrenne47.08 km²100% commune
- Châtelus-le-Marcheix42.72 km²99% commune
- Ambazac40.70 km²70% commune
- Vallière39.44 km²82% commune
- Royère-de-Vassivière32.32 km²40% commune
- La Nouaille29.60 km²61% commune
- Janaillat28.36 km²100% commune
- Montboucher27.95 km²100% commune
- Saint-Laurent-les-Églises27.55 km²100% commune
- Sardent27.22 km²65% commune
- Saint-Martin-Sainte-Catherine26.68 km²100% commune
- Saint-Pierre-Bellevue26.09 km²79% commune
- Saint-Yrieix-la-Montagne24.09 km²100% commune
- Saint-Georges-la-Pouge24.02 km²100% commune
- Saint-Pierre-Chérignat23.85 km²100% commune
- Vidaillat23.60 km²100% commune
- Les Billanges23.18 km²100% commune
- Sauviat-sur-Vige23.11 km²74% commune
- Bourganeuf23.09 km²100% commune
- Gentioux-Pigerolles22.72 km²29% commune
- Thauron21.96 km²100% commune
- Saint-Junien-la-Bregère21.37 km²82% commune
- Soubrebost20.73 km²100% commune
- Masbaraud-Mérignat20.35 km²100% commune
- Saint-Marc-à-Loubaud20.01 km²100% commune
- Saint-Hilaire-le-Château19.85 km²100% commune
- Saint-Martin-Terressus19.72 km²86% commune
- Faux-Mazuras19.55 km²100% commune
- Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix18.27 km²100% commune
- Jabreilles-les-Bordes17.52 km²89% commune
- Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs15.88 km²71% commune
- Banize15.34 km²100% commune
- La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice15.19 km²100% commune
- Saint-Goussaud15.08 km²62% commune
- Le Monteil-au-Vicomte15.01 km²100% commune
- Chavanat12.35 km²100% commune
- Saint-Pardoux-Morterolles11.44 km²31% commune
- La Chapelle-Saint-Martial10.63 km²100% commune
- Saint-Priest-Taurion10.09 km²36% commune
- Le Donzeil9.79 km²71% commune
- Saint-Sylvestre9.60 km²30% commune
- Mansat-la-Courrière9.57 km²100% commune
- Azat-Châtenet9.39 km²98% commune
- Lépinas9.33 km²63% commune
- Bosmoreau-les-Mines8.78 km²100% commune
- Le Châtenet-en-Dognon8.73 km²42% commune
- Saint-Priest-Palus8.73 km²82% commune
- Saint-Éloi7.76 km²49% commune
- La Pouge7.16 km²100% commune
- Augères6.90 km²57% commune
- Pontarion5.66 km²100% commune
- Ceyroux4.63 km²38% commune
- Fransèches4.39 km²24% commune
- Maisonnisses4.12 km²37% commune
- Sous-Parsat4.03 km²44% commune
- Saint-Moreil4.00 km²16% commune
- Saint-Léger-la-Montagne3.84 km²12% commune
- Auriat3.43 km²16% commune
- Saint-Michel-de-Veisse1.61 km²11% commune
- Montaigut-le-Blanc0.78 km²4% commune
- Aulon0.40 km²4% commune
- Saint-Victor-en-Marche0.29 km²2% commune
- Saint-Sulpice-Laurière0.23 km²2% commune
- Mourioux-Vieilleville0.15 km²1% commune
- Arrènes0.05 km²0% commune
- La Chapelle-Taillefert0.02 km²0% commune
- Saint-Marc-à-Frongier0.01 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
Millevaches En Limousin
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
280.51 km² overlap
Plateau de Millevaches
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
133.62 km² overlap
Vallée du Taurion et affluents
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
49.73 km² overlap
Forêt d'Epagne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.40 km² overlap
Tourbière de la source du ruisseau des Dauges
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.72 km² overlap
Forêt D\'Epagne
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.86 km² overlap
Les Sauvages
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
0.68 km² overlap
Tourbière de l'étang du Bourdeau
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.39 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.28 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Biotope Protection Order
0.24 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.22 km² overlap
sources de la vige
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.16 km² overlap
bois de la vallee des bros
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.13 km² overlap
Tourbière Des Dauges
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.12 km² overlap
sources du taurion
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.11 km² overlap
sources de la banize
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.09 km² overlap
tourbiere de pre chatain
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.08 km² overlap
foret des caurades
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.08 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.07 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.06 km² overlap
rnn tourbiere des dauges
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.05 km² overlap
bois de la favillade
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.05 km² overlap
tourbiere de friaulouse
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.04 km² overlap
ribieres de rocher
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.03 km² overlap
tourbiere de la gane molle
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.03 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
Chédeville
IUCN Not ReportedGeotope Protection Order
0.01 km² overlap
aulnaie du puy mouchet
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
Vallée de la Gartempe sur l'ensemble de son cours et affluents
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.01 km² overlap
domaine des sauvages
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 114 distinct species · 185 321 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 du Thaurion : 36 espèces + 4 bulles famille, 70 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 9.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
9,8°C
Annual rain
968mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,10
Runoff
397mm/an
PET
875mm
AET
692mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
352cm
Forest
75%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)