HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080543360
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 4 administrative regions : Cantal, Corrèze, Creuse, Puy-de-Dôme
Sub-basin area
1 014,4km²
Upstream area
1 014,6km²
Discharge
19,46m³/s
Mean elev.
832m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 582.0 km²57.2% of basin
- 276.9 km²27.2% of basin
- 118.8 km²11.7% of basin
- 39.1 km²3.8% of basin
67 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- La Tour-d'Auvergne49.26 km²100% commune
- Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne47.75 km²95% commune
- Flayat43.93 km²100% commune
- Saint-Merd-la-Breuille40.98 km²100% commune
- Bourg-Lastic40.51 km²100% commune
- Messeix39.66 km²100% commune
- Saint-Étienne-aux-Clos35.31 km²100% commune
- Bagnols35.29 km²83% commune
- Mont-Dore35.06 km²98% commune
- Tauves34.42 km²100% commune
- Eygurande34.39 km²100% commune
- Aix33.29 km²68% commune
- Chastreix32.62 km²71% commune
- Lanobre30.05 km²69% commune
- Briffons24.68 km²61% commune
- Larodde22.97 km²100% commune
- Avèze22.11 km²100% commune
- Singles20.70 km²100% commune
- Sarroux20.18 km²79% commune
- Saint-Julien-Puy-Lavèze19.91 km²68% commune
- Feyt19.69 km²100% commune
- Monestier-Port-Dieu19.40 km²100% commune
- Saint-Oradoux-de-Chirouze18.37 km²63% commune
- Saint-Sulpice18.29 km²100% commune
- Laroche-près-Feyt17.63 km²100% commune
- Savennes16.37 km²100% commune
- Saint-Bonnet-près-Bort14.90 km²85% commune
- Lastic14.17 km²81% commune
- Merlines14.14 km²100% commune
- Cros14.13 km²71% commune
- Fernoël14.09 km²98% commune
- Verneugheol13.68 km²39% commune
- La Bourboule12.61 km²100% commune
- Trémouille-Saint-Loup12.07 km²100% commune
- Lamazière-Haute12.02 km²78% commune
- Murat-le-Quaire11.20 km²98% commune
- Thalamy11.17 km²100% commune
- Confolent-Port-Dieu10.97 km²100% commune
- Labessette10.17 km²100% commune
- Monestier-Merlines9.24 km²100% commune
- Saint-Julien-près-Bort9.17 km²30% commune
- Beaulieu9.02 km²100% commune
- Giat8.69 km²18% commune
- Malleret8.40 km²69% commune
- Bort-les-Orgues7.90 km²52% commune
- Saint-Germain-près-Herment5.19 km²30% commune
- Saint-Agnant-près-Crocq4.90 km²20% commune
- Saulzet-le-Froid3.68 km²13% commune
- Margerides2.64 km²23% commune
- Saint-Fréjoux2.41 km²10% commune
- Basville1.63 km²7% commune
- Chambon-sur-Lac1.60 km²3% commune
- Saint-Victour1.31 km²9% commune
- Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches1.04 km²3% commune
- Crocq0.39 km²3% commune
- Tortebesse0.32 km²3% commune
- Beissat0.20 km²1% commune
- Laqueuille0.18 km²1% commune
- Orcival0.16 km²1% commune
- Perpezat0.15 km²0% commune
- Murol0.12 km²1% commune
- Courteix0.06 km²1% commune
- Saint-Donat0.06 km²0% commune
- Heume-l'Église0.05 km²0% commune
- Champs-sur-Tarentaine-Marchal0.05 km²0% commune
- Couffy-sur-Sarsonne0.04 km²0% commune
- Saint-Martial-le-Vieux0.03 km²0% commune
26 intersecting protected areas
Millevaches En Limousin
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
307.50 km² overlap
Volcans D\'Auvergne
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
283.11 km² overlap
Gorges de la Dordogne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
197.84 km² overlap
Monts-Dore
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
29.41 km² overlap
Chastreix-Sancy
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
7.36 km² overlap
Vallée de la Dordogne sur l'ensemble de son cours et affluents
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.87 km² overlap
Tunnels des Gorges du Chavanon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.46 km² overlap
Lacs et rivières à loutres
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.22 km² overlap
Port dieu
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.17 km² overlap
17 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.58 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.32 km² overlap
bois sur pente de l\'esclos
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.30 km² overlap
Rivières à écrevisses à pattes blanches
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.29 km² overlap
Chateau de val
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.21 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.18 km² overlap
Vallee du lys
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.16 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.16 km² overlap
Artense
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.13 km² overlap
Land 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
gorges de la barricade
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
Vallée De Chaudefour
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
La Chaussée des Géants
IUCN Not ReportedGeotope Protection Order
0.00 km² overlap
bois d\'urbe
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.00 km² overlap
Protected perimeter around a national nature reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 527 distinct species · 366 128 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 : 29 espèces + 4 bulles famille, 52 interactions GloBI documentées sur 7 types (connectance 9.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 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°
8,3°C
Annual rain
861mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,04
Runoff
545mm/an
PET
826mm
AET
664mm
Mean slope
5,8°
Water table
362cm
Forest
66%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
55%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)