HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080554630
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 1 administrative regions : Dordogne
Sub-basin area
749,5km²
Upstream area
3 714,8km²
Discharge
70,89m³/s
Mean elev.
188m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Vézère323 km²
- Bassin du Coly193 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 751.2 km²100.0% of basin
63 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilh40.48 km²67% commune
- Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil39.06 km²100% commune
- Montignac35.86 km²100% commune
- Plazac33.79 km²100% commune
- Le Bugue30.31 km²100% commune
- Marquay25.01 km²100% commune
- Fleurac22.35 km²100% commune
- Bars22.16 km²91% commune
- Thenon20.31 km²76% commune
- La Chapelle-Aubareil20.01 km²100% commune
- Mauzens-et-Miremont19.98 km²96% commune
- Tamniès19.72 km²100% commune
- Azerat19.68 km²93% commune
- Auriac-du-Périgord18.62 km²100% commune
- Journiac18.41 km²95% commune
- Tursac18.25 km²100% commune
- Saint-André-d'Allas17.87 km²60% commune
- La Bachellerie17.72 km²100% commune
- Aubas17.09 km²100% commune
- Marcillac-Saint-Quentin16.04 km²95% commune
- Saint-Rabier15.75 km²96% commune
- Saint-Geniès14.92 km²43% commune
- Campagne14.84 km²99% commune
- Fanlac14.71 km²100% commune
- Meyrals13.82 km²72% commune
- Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère13.64 km²100% commune
- Sarlat-la-Canéda12.16 km²25% commune
- Valojoulx11.64 km²100% commune
- Thonac11.54 km²100% commune
- Condat-sur-Vézère11.22 km²69% commune
- Sergeac10.90 km²100% commune
- Manaurie10.77 km²100% commune
- Peyzac-le-Moustier9.99 km²100% commune
- Châtres9.64 km²77% commune
- Limeuil8.80 km²84% commune
- Saint-Cyprien8.79 km²39% commune
- Saint-Amand-de-Coly8.28 km²30% commune
- Les Farges8.04 km²100% commune
- Saint-Félix-de-Reillac-et-Mortem8.01 km²38% commune
- Savignac-de-Miremont7.88 km²100% commune
- Peyrignac6.61 km²100% commune
- Saint-Cirq6.23 km²100% commune
- Beauregard-de-Terrasson5.23 km²63% commune
- Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare5.21 km²47% commune
- Saint-Chamassy4.99 km²33% commune
- Saint-Avit-de-Vialard4.90 km²54% commune
- Audrix4.49 km²69% commune
- Nailhac4.39 km²22% commune
- Badefols-d'Ans3.98 km²21% commune
- La Chapelle-Saint-Jean3.43 km²99% commune
- Villac1.84 km²9% commune
- Saint-Geyrac0.40 km²2% commune
- Coly0.30 km²3% commune
- Granges-d'Ans0.28 km²2% commune
- Castels0.21 km²1% commune
- Proissans0.15 km²1% commune
- Coux-et-Bigaroque0.13 km²1% commune
- Alles-sur-Dordogne0.11 km²1% commune
- Saint-Crépin-et-Carlucet0.09 km²0% commune
- Sainte-Orse0.05 km²0% commune
- Ajat0.04 km²0% commune
- Cendrieux0.02 km²0% commune
- Beynac-et-Cazenac0.00 km²0% commune
20 intersecting protected areas
Vallées des Beunes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
55.09 km² overlap
La Vézère
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
11.54 km² overlap
Coteaux calcaires de la vallée de la Vézère
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
5.99 km² overlap
Grottes d'Azerat
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.63 km² overlap
Campagne (De)
IUCN IaForest Integral Biological Reserve
1.37 km² overlap
Sites À Faucon Pélerin
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.68 km² overlap
Tunnel de Saint-Amand-de-Coly
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.40 km² overlap
Campagne (De)
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
0.35 km² overlap
vallee de la grande beune
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.29 km² overlap
11 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.13 km² overlap
coteau du legal
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.13 km² overlap
La Dordogne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.12 km² overlap
Rivière Dordogne
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.08 km² overlap
carriere des combarelles
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.05 km² overlap
Coteaux calcaires de la vallée de la Dordogne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.04 km² overlap
coteau de la seignolle
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
vallee de la seignolle
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.01 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
Land 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
5 294 distinct species · 302 678 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 : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 122 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 17.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 17 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°
12,1°C
Annual rain
881mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,10
Runoff
507mm/an
PET
980mm
AET
690mm
Mean slope
6,4°
Water table
284cm
Forest
74%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)