HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080554740
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 : Dordogne
Sub-basin area
352,4km²
Upstream area
9 575,1km²
Discharge
214,96m³/s
Mean elev.
168m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Dordogne740 km²
- Bassin du Céou573 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 353.1 km²100.0% of basin
43 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Le Buisson-de-Cadouin25.73 km²51% commune
- Castels19.87 km²99% commune
- Coux-et-Bigaroque19.82 km²99% commune
- Belvès13.94 km²59% commune
- Beynac-et-Cazenac13.58 km²100% commune
- Saint-Cyprien13.57 km²61% commune
- Castelnaud-la-Chapelle12.96 km²59% commune
- Urval12.79 km²96% commune
- Siorac-en-Périgord12.07 km²100% commune
- Saint-André-d'Allas11.73 km²40% commune
- Vézac10.69 km²79% commune
- Carves10.40 km²100% commune
- Saint-Chamassy10.00 km²67% commune
- Veyrines-de-Domme9.97 km²90% commune
- Saint-Pardoux-et-Vielvic9.00 km²63% commune
- Salles-de-Belvès8.87 km²98% commune
- Marnac8.78 km²100% commune
- Orliac8.76 km²80% commune
- Grives8.42 km²100% commune
- Doissat8.36 km²54% commune
- Mouzens7.94 km²100% commune
- Sagelat7.92 km²100% commune
- Sainte-Foy-de-Belvès7.77 km²100% commune
- Saint-Amand-de-Belvès7.31 km²100% commune
- Larzac7.19 km²100% commune
- Allas-les-Mines7.14 km²100% commune
- Saint-Vincent-de-Cosse6.96 km²100% commune
- Saint-Germain-de-Belvès6.95 km²100% commune
- Saint-Laurent-la-Vallée6.54 km²43% commune
- Mazeyrolles5.84 km²19% commune
- Cladech5.56 km²100% commune
- Meyrals5.34 km²28% commune
- Monplaisant5.28 km²100% commune
- Berbiguières4.99 km²100% commune
- Bézenac4.33 km²100% commune
- Alles-sur-Dordogne2.64 km²29% commune
- Audrix1.98 km²31% commune
- Sarlat-la-Canéda1.41 km²3% commune
- Limeuil0.45 km²4% commune
- Campagne0.15 km²1% commune
- Bouillac0.08 km²1% commune
- Vitrac0.05 km²0% commune
- Capdrot0.00 km²0% commune
6 intersecting protected areas
Coteaux calcaires de la vallée de la Dordogne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.29 km² overlap
La Dordogne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.99 km² overlap
Rivière Dordogne
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
3.84 km² overlap
Coteaux calcaires du Causse de Daglan et de la Vallée du Céou
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.20 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.15 km² overlap
coteau de la borie basse
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 739 distinct species · 66 121 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 : 40 espèces + 4 bulles famille, 83 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 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°
12,3°C
Annual rain
846mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
465mm/an
PET
986mm
AET
680mm
Mean slope
6,0°
Water table
267cm
Forest
67%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)