HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080542830
Bassin de la Dordogne
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 2 administrative regions : Cantal, Corrèze
Sub-basin area
38km²
Upstream area
1 951,4km²
Discharge
52,8m³/s
Mean elev.
573m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Dordogne1014 km²
- Bassin de la Rhue899 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 20.2 km²53.2% of basin
- 17.8 km²46.8% of basin
8 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Julien-près-Bort9.45 km²30% commune
- Champagnac8.66 km²31% commune
- Madic5.99 km²93% commune
- Saint-Pierre4.41 km²31% commune
- Sarroux4.27 km²17% commune
- Bort-les-Orgues4.10 km²27% commune
- Vebret0.71 km²3% commune
- Ydes0.46 km²3% commune
3 intersecting protected areas
Gorges de la Dordogne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
31.68 km² overlap
Vallée de la Dordogne sur l'ensemble de son cours et affluents
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.38 km² overlap
Lacs et rivières à loutres
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 387 distinct species · 21 597 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Dordogne : 28 espèces + 2 bulles famille, 48 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 11.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 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°
10,0°C
Annual rain
794mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
702mm/an
PET
901mm
AET
658mm
Mean slope
8,6°
Water table
487cm
Forest
48%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)