HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080535480
Bassin du Rhône
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 : Ain, Isère, Savoie
Sub-basin area
855,6km²
Upstream area
15 524,6km²
Discharge
458,9m³/s
Mean elev.
345m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin du Guiers615 km²
- Bassin du Rhône412 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 539.0 km²62.9% of basin
- 318.4 km²37.1% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
105 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Courtenay32.39 km²100% commune
- Creys-Mépieu29.95 km²100% commune
- Les Avenières28.91 km²100% commune
- Lagnieu26.79 km²99% commune
- Lhuis24.49 km²100% commune
- Saint-Baudille-de-la-Tour22.01 km²100% commune
- Saint-Benoît21.45 km²100% commune
- Bouvesse-Quirieu17.50 km²100% commune
- Saint-Vulbas16.25 km²73% commune
- Porcieu-Amblagnieu15.90 km²100% commune
- Bénonces15.11 km²99% commune
- La Balme-les-Grottes14.86 km²100% commune
- Vézeronce-Curtin14.58 km²100% commune
- Passins14.01 km²100% commune
- Villebois13.89 km²100% commune
- Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas13.72 km²100% commune
- Saint-Victor-de-Morestel13.64 km²100% commune
- Annoisin-Chatelans13.64 km²100% commune
- Villemoirieu13.45 km²100% commune
- Saint-Germain-les-Paroisses13.38 km²79% commune
- Marchamp13.30 km²100% commune
- Corbelin12.67 km²100% commune
- Arandon12.37 km²100% commune
- Parmilieu12.26 km²100% commune
- Veyrins-Thuellin12.25 km²100% commune
- Briord12.24 km²100% commune
- Lompnas12.08 km²100% commune
- Innimond11.92 km²90% commune
- Optevoz11.70 km²100% commune
- Brangues11.51 km²100% commune
- Le Bouchage11.42 km²100% commune
- Charette11.38 km²100% commune
- Dolomieu11.13 km²86% commune
- Siccieu-Saint-Julien-et-Carisieu11.07 km²81% commune
- Souclin10.29 km²79% commune
- Brégnier-Cordon10.00 km²85% commune
- Seillonnaz9.97 km²100% commune
- Chimilin9.80 km²100% commune
- La Bâtie-Divisin9.75 km²91% commune
- Dizimieu9.51 km²98% commune
- Saint-Bois9.39 km²100% commune
- Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey9.37 km²100% commune
- Montalieu-Vercieu8.88 km²100% commune
- Hières-sur-Amby8.80 km²100% commune
- Serrières-de-Briord8.65 km²100% commune
- Pressins8.16 km²80% commune
- Chozeau8.10 km²100% commune
- Loyettes7.93 km²37% commune
- Aoste7.80 km²80% commune
- Morestel7.65 km²100% commune
- Vaux-en-Bugey7.44 km²91% commune
- Groslée7.30 km²100% commune
- Conzieu7.12 km²100% commune
- Soleymieu7.11 km²53% commune
- Prémeyzel7.00 km²95% commune
- Ordonnaz6.97 km²47% commune
- Faverges-de-la-Tour6.71 km²93% commune
- Leyrieu6.57 km²100% commune
- Crémieu6.53 km²100% commune
- Montagnieu6.28 km²100% commune
- Ambléon6.19 km²100% commune
- Sault-Brénaz5.90 km²100% commune
- Les Abrets5.90 km²81% commune
- La Bâtie-Montgascon5.82 km²69% commune
- Vernas5.77 km²100% commune
- Sermérieu5.72 km²33% commune
- Saint-Sorlin-de-Morestel5.56 km²100% commune
- Tignieu-Jameyzieu4.81 km²36% commune
- Colomieu4.80 km²87% commune
- Fitilieu4.69 km²47% commune
- Vertrieu4.39 km²100% commune
- Sainte-Julie4.20 km²38% commune
- Vasselin3.57 km²94% commune
- Granieu3.55 km²100% commune
- Vignieu3.24 km²34% commune
- Chamagnieu3.23 km²24% commune
- Velanne2.99 km²37% commune
- Izieu2.81 km²36% commune
- Romagnieu2.56 km²15% commune
- Panossas1.73 km²21% commune
- Leyment1.69 km²12% commune
- Contrevoz1.57 km²11% commune
- Moras1.55 km²19% commune
- Trept1.15 km²7% commune
- Saint-Sulpice-des-Rivoires1.00 km²14% commune
- Montferrat0.89 km²7% commune
- Veyssilieu0.75 km²11% commune
- Conand0.69 km²4% commune
- Chavanoz0.62 km²7% commune
- Arbignieu0.62 km²5% commune
- Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine0.55 km²3% commune
- Charancieu0.51 km²9% commune
- Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin0.40 km²5% commune
- Peyrieu0.40 km²3% commune
- Torcieu0.39 km²4% commune
- Ambutrix0.35 km²7% commune
- Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers0.20 km²2% commune
- Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens0.19 km²3% commune
- La Chapelle-de-la-Tour0.16 km²2% commune
- Bettant0.13 km²4% commune
- Paladru0.04 km²0% commune
- Salagnon0.01 km²0% commune
- Chazey-sur-Ain0.01 km²0% commune
- Murs-et-Gélignieux0.00 km²0% commune
- Saint-Jean-d'Avelanne0.00 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
L'Isle Crémieu
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
107.88 km² overlap
Milieux remarquables du Bas Bugey
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
26.14 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
24.76 km² overlap
Haut-Rhône Français
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
15.41 km² overlap
Îles du haut Rhône
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.74 km² overlap
Protected perimeter around a national nature reserve
1.77 km² overlap
Étangs De Mépieu
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
1.66 km² overlap
Marais du Grand Plan
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
1.36 km² overlap
Iles du Haut Rhône
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.89 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Biotope Protection Order
0.81 km² overlap
Marais de Pételin
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.49 km² overlap
Zone Humide Du Saugey
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.48 km² overlap
Marais de Boulieu
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.48 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.36 km² overlap
Tourbiere du lac d\'Hières
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.36 km² overlap
Marais de La Besseye
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.33 km² overlap
Forêts alluviales et lônes du Haut Rhône
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.31 km² overlap
Forêts alluviales et lônes du Haut Rhône
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.31 km² overlap
Etang du Billonnay
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.25 km² overlap
Tourbiere de la Bryne
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.23 km² overlap
Etang de Puy du Né
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.20 km² overlap
Marais des Ecorroes
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.19 km² overlap
Marais des Luippes
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.18 km² overlap
Marais de Peysse
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.17 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.15 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.15 km² overlap
Marais de Marlieu
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.11 km² overlap
Marais du Grand Préau
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.09 km² overlap
Tourbiere des Planches
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.09 km² overlap
Etang et marais de Suzel
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 746 distinct species · 592 824 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Rhône : 27 espèces + 5 bulles famille, 61 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 12.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 5 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°
10,7°C
Annual rain
913mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,00
Runoff
587mm/an
PET
906mm
AET
686mm
Mean slope
5,9°
Water table
236cm
Forest
50%
Crops
17%
Urban
3%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)