HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080549770
Bassin de la Romanche
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 : Hautes-Alpes, Isère, Savoie
Sub-basin area
1 236,8km²
Upstream area
1 236,8km²
Discharge
19,88m³/s
Mean elev.
1 948m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1006.2 km²81.2% of basin
- 208.7 km²16.8% of basin
- 24.8 km²2.0% of basin
65 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans234.27 km²99% commune
- La Grave123.02 km²99% commune
- Villar-d'Arêne77.16 km²100% commune
- Vaujany73.51 km²99% commune
- Livet-et-Gavet62.32 km²100% commune
- Le Bourg-d'Oisans56.14 km²99% commune
- Allemond55.93 km²98% commune
- Besse50.60 km²99% commune
- Mont-de-Lans41.75 km²100% commune
- Vénosc38.81 km²99% commune
- Clavans-en-Haut-Oisans35.16 km²100% commune
- Oz27.25 km²100% commune
- Ornon23.61 km²100% commune
- Le Freney-d'Oisans21.21 km²100% commune
- Mizoën20.70 km²100% commune
- Séchilienne20.31 km²100% commune
- Huez19.98 km²100% commune
- Saint-Colomban-des-Villards17.80 km²22% commune
- Oulles14.58 km²100% commune
- La Morte14.20 km²73% commune
- Villard-Notre-Dame13.78 km²98% commune
- Auris13.53 km²100% commune
- Saint-Barthélemy-de-Séchilienne12.63 km²100% commune
- Villard-Saint-Christophe12.60 km²85% commune
- Vaulnaveys-le-Bas11.77 km²100% commune
- Vaulnaveys-le-Haut11.39 km²69% commune
- Vizille10.90 km²100% commune
- Villard-Reymond10.62 km²98% commune
- Cholonge9.35 km²100% commune
- Jarrie9.08 km²66% commune
- La Garde8.71 km²100% commune
- Laffrey7.28 km²100% commune
- Saint-Théoffrey7.26 km²99% commune
- Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage6.97 km²100% commune
- Chamrousse5.75 km²47% commune
- Champ-sur-Drac5.34 km²62% commune
- Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves5.32 km²12% commune
- Villard-Reculas4.83 km²100% commune
- Saint-Jean-de-Vaulx4.60 km²42% commune
- Notre-Dame-de-Mésage4.57 km²100% commune
- Valjouffrey3.95 km²3% commune
- Le Monêtier-les-Bains3.88 km²3% commune
- Pelvoux3.75 km²3% commune
- Pierre-Châtel3.55 km²29% commune
- Saint-Honoré3.26 km²22% commune
- Brié-et-Angonnes3.14 km²31% commune
- Chantelouve2.75 km²8% commune
- La Ferrière2.55 km²3% commune
- Montchaboud1.98 km²100% commune
- Herbeys1.45 km²18% commune
- Saint-Jean-d'Arves1.15 km²1% commune
- La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar0.85 km²1% commune
- Revel0.79 km²3% commune
- Lavaldens0.65 km²1% commune
- Valloire0.53 km²0% commune
- Sainte-Agnès0.21 km²1% commune
- Laval0.18 km²1% commune
- Varces-Allières-et-Risset0.17 km²1% commune
- Champagnier0.10 km²2% commune
- La Motte-d'Aveillans0.08 km²1% commune
- Saint-Martin-d'Uriage0.05 km²0% commune
- Notre-Dame-de-Vaulx0.01 km²0% commune
- Vallouise0.00 km²0% commune
- Saint-Georges-de-Commiers0.00 km²0% commune
- Le Périer0.00 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
465.23 km² overlap
Ecrins
IUCN IINational Park - Core Area
287.48 km² overlap
Les Ecrins
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
278.98 km² overlap
Plateau d'Emparis - Goleon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
73.06 km² overlap
Massif de la Muzelle
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
53.86 km² overlap
Combeynot - Lautaret - Ecrins
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
42.01 km² overlap
Plaine de Bourg d'Oisans et ses versants
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
34.77 km² overlap
Landes, tourbières et habitats rocheux du Massif du Taillefer
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
29.08 km² overlap
Marais à Laiche bicolore, prairies de fauche et habitats rocheux du Vallon du Ferrand et du Plateau d'Emparis
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
24.15 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Forêts, landes et prairies de fauche des versants du Col d'Ornon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
20.61 km² overlap
Belledonne
IUCN IVNational Hunting and Wildlife Reserve
9.57 km² overlap
Lauvitel
IUCN IaNational Park - Integrale Reserve
6.97 km² overlap
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.81 km² overlap
Tourbières du Luitel et leur bassin versant
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.07 km² overlap
Marais Du Rif Tort
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
2.01 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.76 km² overlap
Haut-Vénéon
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.63 km² overlap
Isles Du Drac
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
0.50 km² overlap
Tourbière De L\'Arselle
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.45 km² overlap
Marais Des Grandes Sagnes
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.41 km² overlap
Protected perimeter around a national nature reserve
0.25 km² overlap
Tourbiere Du Rif Nel
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.23 km² overlap
Marais Du Col De La Valette
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.23 km² overlap
Marais Du Col De La Sarenne
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.22 km² overlap
Tourbière Du Lac Carrelet
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.18 km² overlap
Lac Luitel
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
0.17 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.14 km² overlap
Marais De Fontaine Pelouze
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.13 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.12 km² overlap
Marais De La Pivodière
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 368 distinct species · 1 352 112 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 la Romanche : 15 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 29 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 24.2%, 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°
3,0°C
Annual rain
1 407mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,53
Runoff
504mm/an
PET
597mm
AET
550mm
Mean slope
27,0°
Water table
921cm
Forest
54%
Crops
2%
Urban
1%
Protected
61%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)