HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080532780
Bassin de la Charente
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 4 administrative regions : Charente, Deux-Sèvres, Haute-Vienne, Vienne
Sub-basin area
1 367,1km²
Upstream area
1 367,1km²
Discharge
21,42m³/s
Mean elev.
156m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 914.5 km²66.7% of basin
- 316.9 km²23.1% of basin
- 116.7 km²8.5% of basin
- 22.3 km²1.6% of basin
123 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Nanteuil-en-Vallée68.61 km²100% commune
- Alloue46.70 km²99% commune
- Roumazières-Loubert44.12 km²95% commune
- Cellefrouin38.62 km²96% commune
- Charroux35.74 km²80% commune
- Savigné34.69 km²96% commune
- Blanzay32.35 km²91% commune
- Genouillé30.58 km²100% commune
- Ambernac29.86 km²100% commune
- Saint-Laurent-de-Céris29.69 km²100% commune
- Saint-Claud25.60 km²97% commune
- Limalonges24.09 km²100% commune
- Massignac23.81 km²99% commune
- Nieuil23.77 km²100% commune
- Champagne-Mouton22.47 km²100% commune
- Chatain22.12 km²100% commune
- Benest21.68 km²100% commune
- Pleuville20.69 km²62% commune
- Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil19.60 km²100% commune
- Saint-Coutant19.33 km²100% commune
- Lésignac-Durand18.02 km²90% commune
- Sauzé-Vaussais17.39 km²89% commune
- Lizant16.75 km²100% commune
- Le Bouchage16.61 km²100% commune
- Asnois16.11 km²100% commune
- Bioussac15.62 km²100% commune
- Taizé-Aizie15.03 km²100% commune
- Verteuil-sur-Charente14.89 km²100% commune
- Videix14.75 km²88% commune
- Ruffec13.73 km²100% commune
- Saint-Front13.45 km²100% commune
- Chassiecq12.84 km²100% commune
- Vieux-Ruffec12.71 km²100% commune
- Melleran12.31 km²62% commune
- Surin12.07 km²100% commune
- Montalembert11.96 km²100% commune
- Saint-Gaudent11.72 km²100% commune
- Parzac11.47 km²100% commune
- Épenède11.33 km²75% commune
- Poursac11.20 km²100% commune
- Lorigné11.12 km²100% commune
- Voulême11.07 km²100% commune
- Les Adjots11.07 km²100% commune
- Mairé-Levescault11.06 km²64% commune
- Saint-Saviol10.95 km²100% commune
- Barro10.93 km²100% commune
- Couture10.73 km²100% commune
- Saint-Macoux10.67 km²100% commune
- La Forêt-de-Tessé10.56 km²100% commune
- Chenon10.44 km²100% commune
- Suris10.32 km²87% commune
- Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette10.22 km²100% commune
- Valence10.15 km²95% commune
- Saint-Gourson10.15 km²100% commune
- La Faye10.13 km²74% commune
- Ventouse9.99 km²100% commune
- Londigny9.91 km²100% commune
- Chaunay9.87 km²25% commune
- Linazay9.85 km²100% commune
- Le Vieux-Cérier9.83 km²100% commune
- Pioussay9.79 km²71% commune
- Condac9.21 km²100% commune
- Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente9.08 km²64% commune
- Civray8.97 km²100% commune
- Mouzon8.78 km²81% commune
- Bernac8.25 km²100% commune
- Le Grand-Madieu8.25 km²100% commune
- La Chapelle-Pouilloux8.02 km²99% commune
- Mouton8.01 km²87% commune
- Montjean7.91 km²100% commune
- Champagné-le-Sec7.68 km²98% commune
- Villegats7.62 km²95% commune
- Verneuil7.49 km²98% commune
- Turgon7.26 km²100% commune
- Chéronnac7.23 km²38% commune
- Hiesse7.18 km²29% commune
- Saint-Martin-du-Clocher7.03 km²100% commune
- Pressignac6.98 km²24% commune
- Brux6.62 km²19% commune
- Le Lindois6.38 km²36% commune
- La Tâche6.33 km²91% commune
- Villefagnan5.62 km²23% commune
- La Chapelle-Bâton5.34 km²18% commune
- La Magdeleine5.01 km²73% commune
- Aunac4.99 km²100% commune
- Villiers-le-Roux4.88 km²100% commune
- Pliboux4.83 km²31% commune
- Lichères4.73 km²100% commune
- Lonnes4.67 km²61% commune
- La Chèvrerie4.44 km²100% commune
- Salles-de-Villefagnan4.26 km²33% commune
- Chenommet4.21 km²100% commune
- Moutonneau4.13 km²100% commune
- La Péruse3.59 km²43% commune
- Hanc3.58 km²19% commune
- Bayers3.46 km²100% commune
- Sauvagnac3.39 km²46% commune
- Manot3.04 km²15% commune
- Ansac-sur-Vienne2.91 km²9% commune
- Fontclaireau2.79 km²51% commune
- Champniers2.51 km²13% commune
- Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec2.18 km²100% commune
- Courcôme2.15 km²11% commune
- Saint-Georges2.08 km²100% commune
- Suaux2.01 km²16% commune
- Genouillac1.96 km²14% commune
- Clussais-la-Pommeraie1.69 km²5% commune
- Saint-Amant-de-Bonnieure1.44 km²13% commune
- Romagne1.35 km²3% commune
- Fontenille1.28 km²13% commune
- Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure1.03 km²10% commune
- Theil-Rabier0.86 km²12% commune
- Lussac0.63 km²6% commune
- Les Alleuds0.54 km²6% commune
- Saint-Mary0.48 km²2% commune
- Gournay-Loizé0.37 km²2% commune
- Les Salles-Lavauguyon0.33 km²3% commune
- Vaux0.32 km²1% commune
- Exideuil0.17 km²1% commune
- Montembœuf0.03 km²0% commune
- Vayres0.01 km²0% commune
- Cherves-Châtelars0.00 km²0% commune
- Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure0.00 km²0% commune
15 intersecting protected areas
Périgord-Limousin
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
22.10 km² overlap
Plaine de Villefagnan
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.59 km² overlap
Vallée de la Charente en amont d'Angoulême
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.34 km² overlap
Plaine de La Mothe-Saint-Héray-Lezay
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.03 km² overlap
Région de Pressac, étang de Combourg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.80 km² overlap
grotte de grosbot
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.24 km² overlap
vallee de la peruse
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.22 km² overlap
plaine de villeblanche
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.12 km² overlap
plaine de jouhe
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.12 km² overlap
6 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.09 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.09 km² overlap
bocage de hiesse
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.08 km² overlap
ile du chateau de nieuil
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
National Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
marais de chaunay
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
4 443 distinct species · 286 398 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 Charente : 17 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 242 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 46 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°
11,6°C
Annual rain
866mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
467mm/an
PET
913mm
AET
649mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
104cm
Forest
1%
Crops
46%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)