HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080553820
Bassin du Bès
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 : Aveyron, Cantal, Lozère
Sub-basin area
431,2km²
Upstream area
431,2km²
Discharge
6,18m³/s
Mean elev.
1 149m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 319.9 km²74.0% of basin
- 104.5 km²24.2% of basin
- 7.7 km²1.8% of basin
38 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Nasbinals62.86 km²99% commune
- Saint-Urcize52.63 km²94% commune
- Marchastel34.51 km²99% commune
- Albaret-le-Comtal29.48 km²100% commune
- Recoules-d'Aubrac25.71 km²100% commune
- Brion22.40 km²100% commune
- Les Salces18.49 km²40% commune
- Chauchailles17.78 km²100% commune
- La Fage-Montivernoux16.92 km²44% commune
- Fournels15.33 km²100% commune
- Saint-Rémy-de-Chaudes-Aigues14.81 km²96% commune
- Noalhac13.62 km²100% commune
- Grandvals12.36 km²100% commune
- Termes11.15 km²63% commune
- Saint-Laurent-de-Muret11.00 km²24% commune
- Saint-Laurent-de-Veyrès8.79 km²100% commune
- Fridefont8.55 km²52% commune
- Arzenc-d'Apcher7.78 km²100% commune
- Maurines7.53 km²51% commune
- Faverolles7.53 km²22% commune
- Anterrieux6.40 km²38% commune
- Prinsuéjols4.21 km²10% commune
- Saint-Just3.77 km²22% commune
- Curières3.63 km²10% commune
- Malbouzon2.85 km²19% commune
- Laguiole1.87 km²3% commune
- Les Monts-Verts1.72 km²6% commune
- Saint-Juéry1.70 km²100% commune
- Saint-Marc1.45 km²16% commune
- Aurelle-Verlac1.05 km²2% commune
- Trélans0.83 km²4% commune
- Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac0.77 km²1% commune
- La Trinitat0.67 km²4% commune
- Jabrun0.66 km²2% commune
- Deux-Verges0.55 km²5% commune
- La Fage-Saint-Julien0.37 km²2% commune
- Condom-d'Aubrac0.19 km²0% commune
- Prades-d'Aubrac0.16 km²0% commune
9 intersecting protected areas
Aubrac
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
391.26 km² overlap
Plateau de l'Aubrac
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
183.85 km² overlap
Gorges de la Truyère
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
21.20 km² overlap
Plateau central de l'Aubrac aveyronnais
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.59 km² overlap
Aubrac
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.85 km² overlap
Tourbières D\'Aubrac
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.21 km² overlap
Puy De La Tuile
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Vergne Noire (De La)
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 337 distinct species · 228 000 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 du Bès : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 99 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 18.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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°
7,5°C
Annual rain
855mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
476mm/an
PET
796mm
AET
651mm
Mean slope
5,4°
Water table
417cm
Forest
26%
Crops
18%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)