HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080532650
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 3 administrative regions : Corrèze, Creuse, Haute-Vienne
Sub-basin area
1 164,2km²
Upstream area
1 164,2km²
Discharge
16,3m³/s
Mean elev.
560m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 704.0 km²60.3% of basin
- 254.2 km²21.8% of basin
- 208.8 km²17.9% of basin
61 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Eymoutiers70.77 km²100% commune
- Peyrelevade65.80 km²99% commune
- Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat56.04 km²100% commune
- Peyrat-le-Château54.59 km²100% commune
- Tarnac53.95 km²79% commune
- Nedde53.25 km²100% commune
- Faux-la-Montagne49.28 km²100% commune
- Royère-de-Vassivière48.28 km²60% commune
- Bujaleuf41.85 km²100% commune
- Gentioux-Pigerolles41.61 km²53% commune
- Neuvic-Entier40.25 km²100% commune
- Saint-Martin-Château30.96 km²100% commune
- Champnétery30.00 km²100% commune
- Saint-Julien-le-Petit29.36 km²100% commune
- Beaumont-du-Lac27.81 km²100% commune
- Châteauneuf-la-Forêt26.02 km²90% commune
- Saint-Pardoux-Morterolles25.39 km²69% commune
- Sussac25.34 km²100% commune
- Moissannes24.10 km²100% commune
- Saint-Denis-des-Murs23.54 km²99% commune
- Rempnat20.66 km²100% commune
- Saint-Moreil20.36 km²84% commune
- Saint-Setiers18.50 km²40% commune
- Auriat18.21 km²84% commune
- Lacelle18.15 km²86% commune
- Augne17.89 km²100% commune
- Royères16.75 km²97% commune
- Sainte-Anne-Saint-Priest16.74 km²100% commune
- L'Église-aux-Bois16.53 km²100% commune
- Saint-Amand-le-Petit15.80 km²100% commune
- Domps13.74 km²100% commune
- Le Châtenet-en-Dognon12.10 km²58% commune
- Roziers-Saint-Georges11.92 km²98% commune
- Eybouleuf10.73 km²100% commune
- Chamberet10.43 km²15% commune
- Cheissoux10.13 km²100% commune
- Toy-Viam9.49 km²98% commune
- Viam8.79 km²28% commune
- Masléon8.78 km²100% commune
- Saint-Gilles-les-Forêts8.57 km²98% commune
- Sauviat-sur-Vige8.13 km²26% commune
- Saint-Pierre-Bellevue6.94 km²21% commune
- La Geneytouse5.75 km²30% commune
- Linards5.68 km²16% commune
- Saint-Priest-Taurion5.46 km²20% commune
- La Villedieu5.30 km²100% commune
- Saint-Junien-la-Bregère4.68 km²18% commune
- Saint-Just-le-Martel4.18 km²13% commune
- Millevaches4.08 km²35% commune
- Saint-Martin-Terressus3.11 km²14% commune
- Saint-Merd-les-Oussines2.25 km²5% commune
- Saint-Bonnet-Briance2.10 km²7% commune
- Saint-Priest-Palus1.90 km²18% commune
- Féniers1.22 km²8% commune
- La Croisille-sur-Briance1.21 km²3% commune
- Aureil0.61 km²6% commune
- Saint-Hilaire-les-Courbes0.60 km²2% commune
- Surdoux0.54 km²14% commune
- Saint-Paul0.50 km²1% commune
- Bugeat0.19 km²1% commune
- Faux-Mazuras0.04 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
Millevaches En Limousin
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
819.20 km² overlap
Plateau de Millevaches
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
296.57 km² overlap
Haute-vallée de la Vienne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
13.12 km² overlap
Landes et zones humides autour du lac de Vassivière
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.98 km² overlap
Landes et zones humides de la Haute Vézère
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.57 km² overlap
Chassagnas
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.27 km² overlap
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.05 km² overlap
Tourbière de Négarioux Malsagne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.99 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.83 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
sources de la vienne
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.82 km² overlap
domaine de lachaud
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.76 km² overlap
rochers de clamouzat
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.73 km² overlap
Soumeix
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.72 km² overlap
tourbiere du tronchet
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.55 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.36 km² overlap
puy du tour
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.29 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.24 km² overlap
Vallée du Taurion et affluents
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.20 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.19 km² overlap
Le chambou
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.17 km² overlap
plaine de la madier
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.16 km² overlap
Masgrangeas
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.14 km² overlap
Haute Vallée De La Vézère
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
0.13 km² overlap
tourbiere de puy noir
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.11 km² overlap
landes de marcy
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.11 km² overlap
tourbiere de goutte negre
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.10 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.10 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.09 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.08 km² overlap
tourbiere du ruisseau du pic
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 018 distinct species · 356 076 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 : 23 espèces reliées par 92 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 15.5%, 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°
9,8°C
Annual rain
990mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
460mm/an
PET
880mm
AET
702mm
Mean slope
5,9°
Water table
416cm
Forest
75%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
67%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)