HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080542590
Bassin de la Vézère
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 : Corrèze
Sub-basin area
593,8km²
Upstream area
593,8km²
Discharge
10,84m³/s
Mean elev.
603m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 595.2 km²100.0% of basin
38 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Chamberet53.40 km²76% commune
- Chamboulive46.26 km²97% commune
- Pérols-sur-Vézère42.78 km²90% commune
- Saint-Merd-les-Oussines40.70 km²95% commune
- Treignac38.48 km²100% commune
- Saint-Hilaire-les-Courbes36.70 km²98% commune
- Le Lonzac36.59 km²100% commune
- Bugeat31.04 km²99% commune
- Affieux30.81 km²100% commune
- Viam22.75 km²72% commune
- Eyburie22.23 km²74% commune
- Veix21.59 km²100% commune
- Soudaine-Lavinadière21.35 km²99% commune
- Saint-Jal19.34 km²72% commune
- Lestards16.58 km²85% commune
- Tarnac14.78 km²21% commune
- Meymac12.61 km²14% commune
- Bonnefond11.42 km²25% commune
- Madranges10.11 km²81% commune
- Pierrefitte9.93 km²100% commune
- Espartignac8.69 km²62% commune
- Chavanac7.03 km²70% commune
- Rilhac-Treignac6.63 km²70% commune
- Uzerche6.27 km²26% commune
- Peyrissac5.92 km²92% commune
- Millevaches4.24 km²36% commune
- Saint-Salvadour3.86 km²20% commune
- Gourdon-Murat3.65 km²24% commune
- Lacelle3.00 km²14% commune
- Saint-Augustin2.00 km²7% commune
- Saint-Sulpice-les-Bois1.52 km²7% commune
- Beaumont0.84 km²7% commune
- Seilhac0.80 km²3% commune
- Ambrugeat0.44 km²2% commune
- Pradines0.42 km²2% commune
- Chaumeil0.29 km²1% commune
- Toy-Viam0.15 km²2% commune
- Peyrelevade0.01 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
Millevaches En Limousin
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
477.49 km² overlap
Plateau de Millevaches
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
128.89 km² overlap
Landes et zones humides de la Haute Vézère
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
71.19 km² overlap
Gorges de la Vézère autour de Treignac
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.50 km² overlap
Tourbière Du Longeyroux
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
2.56 km² overlap
Haute Vallée De La Vézère
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
1.83 km² overlap
tourbiere du longeyroux
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
1.74 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.65 km² overlap
Etang Des Oussines
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.61 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.53 km² overlap
Landes des Monédières
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.51 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.50 km² overlap
landes de marcy
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.46 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.35 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.29 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.22 km² overlap
etang des oussines
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.21 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.13 km² overlap
puy de razel et redond bord
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.13 km² overlap
le sillon
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.11 km² overlap
tourbiere du chaumadour
IUCN IVLand 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
prairie humide du pont est
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.06 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.05 km² overlap
tourbiere de ribiere baresse
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.05 km² overlap
lande tourbeuse du communal
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.05 km² overlap
landes seches de a la vue
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.04 km² overlap
puy mouret
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.03 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.03 km² overlap
tourbiere de la fontclare
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 743 distinct species · 76 638 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Vézère : 28 espèces + 6 bulles famille, 70 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 12.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 6 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°
9,7°C
Annual rain
969mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,09
Runoff
566mm/an
PET
884mm
AET
701mm
Mean slope
5,4°
Water table
345cm
Forest
66%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
80%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)