HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080552710
Bassin de la Saye
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 : Charente-Maritime, Gironde
Sub-basin area
337,4km²
Upstream area
337,4km²
Discharge
5,6m³/s
Mean elev.
60m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 217.0 km²64.2% of basin
- 121.2 km²35.8% of basin
34 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Laruscade46.31 km²100% commune
- Bedenac39.61 km²98% commune
- Bussac-Forêt35.03 km²100% commune
- Lapouyade26.07 km²99% commune
- Galgon14.48 km²95% commune
- Clérac14.01 km²32% commune
- Périssac12.43 km²100% commune
- Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac11.74 km²100% commune
- Montlieu-la-Garde11.26 km²35% commune
- Donnezac10.14 km²27% commune
- Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac9.91 km²88% commune
- Chepniers9.57 km²33% commune
- Saint-Martin-du-Bois9.56 km²100% commune
- Tizac-de-Lapouyade9.12 km²100% commune
- Villegouge8.71 km²63% commune
- Saint-Savin8.67 km²25% commune
- Marcenais8.58 km²96% commune
- Cercoux7.42 km²18% commune
- Maransin7.32 km²25% commune
- Saint-Mariens6.10 km²51% commune
- Cavignac5.62 km²83% commune
- Saint-Genès-de-Fronsac4.89 km²75% commune
- Vérac4.42 km²51% commune
- Corignac4.34 km²40% commune
- Saint-Martin-de-Laye3.20 km²34% commune
- Savignac-de-l'Isle2.71 km²59% commune
- Marsas2.40 km²29% commune
- Mouillac1.55 km²100% commune
- Cézac1.17 km²6% commune
- Bonzac0.99 km²13% commune
- Salignac0.37 km²3% commune
- Saint-Aignan0.29 km²11% commune
- Les Billaux0.11 km²2% commune
- Saillans0.09 km²1% commune
20 intersecting protected areas
Landes de Montendre
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
24.95 km² overlap
Vallées de la Saye et du Meudon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
13.80 km² overlap
landes de montendre
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.62 km² overlap
Carrières souterraines de Villegouge
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.52 km² overlap
Vallée de l'Isle de Périgueux à sa confluence avec la Dordogne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.50 km² overlap
etang levrault
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.33 km² overlap
Marais de Braud-et-Saint-Louis et de Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.20 km² overlap
la combe
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.19 km² overlap
les ragouillis
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.17 km² overlap
11 more protected areassorted by overlap area
zone humide des cabanes
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.13 km² overlap
lac vert
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.11 km² overlap
bois noir
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.08 km² overlap
pre de la saye
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.06 km² overlap
landes du glaive
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.04 km² overlap
terrier des pierres mc lgv
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.04 km² overlap
pas du loup
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
ruisseau du lucerat
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
mc bay wa saintonge energie
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
le lary
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
carriere de saute-qui-peut
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
2 931 distinct species · 117 432 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Saye : 29 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 161 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 18.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
12,4°C
Annual rain
900mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
522mm/an
PET
950mm
AET
667mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
108cm
Forest
42%
Crops
11%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)