HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080536380
Bassin de Torrente Buthier
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 across 2 countries : Aosta, Entremont, Hérens, Visp
Sub-basin area
455,2km²
Upstream area
455,2km²
Discharge
13,96m³/s
Mean elev.
2 231m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Aosta452.9 km²99.2% of basin
- 2.4 km²0.5% of basin
- 1.0 km²0.2% of basin
- Visp0.0 km²0.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Ambienti d'alta quota del Colle del Gran San Bernardo
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.15 km² overlap
Regional/Provincial Nature Reserve
0.13 km² overlap
Val Ferret
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 657 distinct species · 24 092 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 Torrente Buthier : 15 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 27 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 22.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe 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°
1,0°C
Annual rain
1 675mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,67
Runoff
911mm/an
PET
496mm
AET
484mm
Mean slope
27,2°
Water table
898cm
Forest
50%
Crops
4%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)