HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080548970
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 3 administrative regions : Corrèze, Dordogne, Lot
Sub-basin area
323km²
Upstream area
2 772,4km²
Discharge
54,81m³/s
Mean elev.
210m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Corrèze1155 km²
- Bassin de la Corrèze15 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 230.1 km²71.1% of basin
- 93.4 km²28.9% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.1% of basin
37 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Terrasson-Lavilledieu25.59 km²66% commune
- Louignac21.18 km²100% commune
- Cublac20.50 km²100% commune
- Villac19.52 km²91% commune
- Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche19.20 km²81% commune
- Brignac-la-Plaine19.02 km²100% commune
- Mansac19.02 km²99% commune
- Perpezac-le-Blanc18.93 km²100% commune
- Chasteaux17.74 km²95% commune
- Nespouls14.34 km²70% commune
- Yssandon12.06 km²62% commune
- Lissac-sur-Couze10.30 km²82% commune
- Saint-Cernin-de-Larche9.15 km²100% commune
- Coubjours7.79 km²83% commune
- Noailles7.35 km²58% commune
- Chartrier-Ferrière7.33 km²47% commune
- Jugeals-Nazareth7.28 km²64% commune
- Pazayac6.99 km²100% commune
- Larche6.19 km²100% commune
- Badefols-d'Ans5.84 km²31% commune
- Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare5.82 km²53% commune
- Estivals5.78 km²67% commune
- Chavagnac5.58 km²41% commune
- Grèzes5.52 km²100% commune
- Ayen5.40 km²41% commune
- Turenne4.16 km²15% commune
- Saint-Robert3.97 km²62% commune
- La Feuillade3.76 km²100% commune
- Beauregard-de-Terrasson3.03 km²37% commune
- Châtres2.81 km²23% commune
- Condat-sur-Vézère1.19 km²7% commune
- Segonzac0.50 km²2% commune
- Brive-la-Gaillarde0.34 km²1% commune
- Varetz0.24 km²1% commune
- Gignac0.19 km²0% commune
- Saint-Aulaire0.10 km²1% commune
- Saint-Cyprien0.04 km²1% commune
14 intersecting protected areas
La Vézère
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.23 km² overlap
Pelouses calcicoles et forêts du Causse corrézien
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.41 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
1.40 km² overlap
Vallée de la Vézère d'Uzerche à la limite départementale 19/24
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.22 km² overlap
Cirque De Ladou
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.17 km² overlap
prairies de leyrat
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.14 km² overlap
puy de guimond
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.08 km² overlap
Land 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
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.03 km² overlap
Abîmes de la Fage
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.01 km² overlap
grotte du rajol
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
puy negre pu
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
coteau de chaumonts
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 347 distinct species · 75 226 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 : 32 espèces + 5 bulles famille, 74 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 11.1%, 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°
12,1°C
Annual rain
887mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,09
Runoff
550mm/an
PET
980mm
AET
694mm
Mean slope
6,2°
Water table
336cm
Forest
38%
Crops
14%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)