HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080549900
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 1 administrative regions : Corrèze
Sub-basin area
583,7km²
Upstream area
4 524,9km²
Discharge
116,82m³/s
Mean elev.
501m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Triouzoune512 km²
- Bassin de la Luzège434 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 585.1 km²100.0% of basin
51 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Marcillac-la-Croisille40.58 km²100% commune
- Albussac32.80 km²91% commune
- Rosiers-d'Égletons29.82 km²77% commune
- Saint-Martin-la-Méanne27.76 km²100% commune
- Auriac27.12 km²78% commune
- Champagnac-la-Noaille26.14 km²100% commune
- Servières-le-Château25.68 km²100% commune
- Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau24.64 km²100% commune
- Bassignac-le-Haut19.76 km²100% commune
- Lafage-sur-Sombre19.06 km²100% commune
- Saint-Bonnet-Elvert18.69 km²100% commune
- Montaignac-Saint-Hippolyte17.93 km²90% commune
- Lagarde-Enval17.81 km²81% commune
- Saint-Privat17.71 km²55% commune
- Argentat17.32 km²78% commune
- Saint-Pardoux-la-Croisille16.14 km²92% commune
- Clergoux15.17 km²95% commune
- Darazac14.59 km²100% commune
- Saint-Chamant13.62 km²100% commune
- Champagnac-la-Prune13.21 km²100% commune
- Gros-Chastang12.99 km²100% commune
- Saint-Hilaire-Foissac12.62 km²34% commune
- Le Jardin11.96 km²100% commune
- Forgès10.47 km²100% commune
- Gumond9.83 km²100% commune
- Saint-Paul8.68 km²62% commune
- Laval-sur-Luzège8.19 km²49% commune
- Saint-Martial-Entraygues7.56 km²100% commune
- Sainte-Fortunade7.51 km²20% commune
- Saint-Sylvain7.26 km²100% commune
- Saint-Bazile-de-la-Roche6.74 km²100% commune
- Hautefage6.46 km²27% commune
- Chapelle-Spinasse5.63 km²100% commune
- Neuville5.09 km²34% commune
- Eyrein4.94 km²18% commune
- Égletons4.45 km²26% commune
- Marc-la-Tour4.42 km²65% commune
- La Roche-Canillac3.44 km²100% commune
- Saint-Martial-de-Gimel2.81 km²12% commune
- Moustier-Ventadour2.14 km²7% commune
- Saint-Priest-de-Gimel1.40 km²8% commune
- Monceaux-sur-Dordogne1.36 km²4% commune
- Espagnac1.19 km²5% commune
- Pandrignes0.98 km²12% commune
- Soursac0.90 km²2% commune
- Saint-Julien-aux-Bois0.28 km²1% commune
- Saint-Geniez-ô-Merle0.12 km²1% commune
- Vitrac-sur-Montane0.08 km²0% commune
- Beynat0.03 km²0% commune
- Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat0.00 km²0% commune
- Ménoire0.00 km²0% commune
14 intersecting protected areas
Gorges de la Dordogne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
34.85 km² overlap
Vallée de la Dordogne sur l'ensemble de son cours et affluents
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
34.83 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.50 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.38 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.35 km² overlap
Rivière La Dordogne
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.33 km² overlap
Millevaches En Limousin
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
0.24 km² overlap
bois sur pente du gour
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.15 km² overlap
lande humide des chaux
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.12 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.11 km² overlap
bois sur pente d\'aumont
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.11 km² overlap
bois sur pente de l\'echamel
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.05 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.04 km² overlap
jardin de bardot
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
3 022 distinct species · 92 238 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 + 6 bulles famille, 80 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 13.4%, 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°
10,6°C
Annual rain
871mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
691mm/an
PET
923mm
AET
686mm
Mean slope
6,4°
Water table
381cm
Forest
93%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)