HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080532640
Bassin de la Vienne
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 : Haute-Vienne
Sub-basin area
519,4km²
Upstream area
3 553,5km²
Discharge
44,19m³/s
Mean elev.
316m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Briance613 km²
- Bassin de la Vienne222 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 520.7 km²100.0% of basin
42 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Limoges47.13 km²58% commune
- Verneuil-sur-Vienne34.60 km²100% commune
- Séreilhac32.93 km²85% commune
- Cognac-la-Forêt31.76 km²98% commune
- Nexon31.48 km²76% commune
- Flavignac27.51 km²86% commune
- Aixe-sur-Vienne23.14 km²100% commune
- Couzeix22.99 km²76% commune
- Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe22.73 km²100% commune
- Saint-Victurnien20.05 km²93% commune
- Saint-Martin-le-Vieux17.51 km²100% commune
- Les Cars16.57 km²100% commune
- Meilhac14.92 km²100% commune
- Rilhac-Lastours14.87 km²93% commune
- Chaptelat14.69 km²81% commune
- Isle14.67 km²74% commune
- Saint-Junien14.63 km²25% commune
- Saint-Martin-de-Jussac13.87 km²97% commune
- Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne13.71 km²65% commune
- Beynac12.10 km²100% commune
- Burgnac11.54 km²100% commune
- Jourgnac11.26 km²74% commune
- Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe8.78 km²100% commune
- Saint-Hilaire-les-Places7.48 km²33% commune
- Bosmie-l'Aiguille6.13 km²72% commune
- Lavignac5.78 km²100% commune
- Bussière-Galant5.56 km²10% commune
- Veyrac5.49 km²16% commune
- Sainte-Marie-de-Vaux5.25 km²100% commune
- Saint-Maurice-les-Brousses2.66 km²25% commune
- Bonnac-la-Côte2.27 km²9% commune
- Pageas2.17 km²8% commune
- Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre1.05 km²3% commune
- Le Vigen0.97 km²3% commune
- Saint-Cyr0.71 km²3% commune
- Saint-Auvent0.57 km²2% commune
- Janailhac0.30 km²2% commune
- Solignac0.29 km²2% commune
- Condat-sur-Vienne0.24 km²2% commune
- Saint-Gence0.24 km²1% commune
- Oradour-sur-Glane0.09 km²0% commune
- Chaillac-sur-Vienne0.01 km²0% commune
10 intersecting protected areas
Périgord-Limousin
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
119.30 km² overlap
domaine de mayeras
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.30 km² overlap
prairies de la gabie
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.20 km² overlap
lande des chenevieres
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.08 km² overlap
Réseau hydrographique de la Haute Dronne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.08 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.06 km² overlap
vallee du ruisseau du trein
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
prairie humide de la ganne
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.00 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.00 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
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
3 388 distinct species · 141 302 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Vienne : 30 espèces + 8 bulles famille, 78 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 8 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°
11,0°C
Annual rain
1 037mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,10
Runoff
392mm/an
PET
930mm
AET
716mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
313cm
Forest
11%
Crops
13%
Urban
10%
Protected
23%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)