HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080555520
Bassin de l'Allier
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 : Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Lozère
Sub-basin area
516,9km²
Upstream area
516,9km²
Discharge
7,97m³/s
Mean elev.
1 128m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 226.6 km²43.7% of basin
- 181.3 km²35.0% of basin
- 110.1 km²21.3% of basin
37 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès49.40 km²97% commune
- Luc46.20 km²100% commune
- Langogne31.76 km²100% commune
- Cheylard-l'Évêque30.86 km²100% commune
- Lespéron24.07 km²95% commune
- Saint-Haon22.88 km²59% commune
- Rauret20.25 km²100% commune
- Landos19.80 km²53% commune
- Lanarce19.71 km²88% commune
- Chasseradès19.33 km²31% commune
- Pradelles16.99 km²96% commune
- Astet15.78 km²45% commune
- Le Plagnal15.33 km²100% commune
- Saint-Paul-de-Tartas15.23 km²54% commune
- Cellier-du-Luc14.90 km²100% commune
- Saint-Alban-en-Montagne14.14 km²100% commune
- Rocles13.99 km²70% commune
- Naussac13.83 km²100% commune
- Lavillatte13.59 km²71% commune
- Laveyrune12.60 km²95% commune
- Chaudeyrac12.31 km²28% commune
- La Bastide-Puylaurent12.08 km²50% commune
- Saint-Flour-de-Mercoire11.41 km²100% commune
- Auroux11.33 km²32% commune
- Fontanes11.06 km²100% commune
- Saint-Étienne-du-Vigan9.29 km²100% commune
- Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas5.70 km²30% commune
- Saint-Bonnet-de-Montauroux5.36 km²25% commune
- Saint-Frézal-d'Albuges3.38 km²20% commune
- Chastanier2.62 km²25% commune
- Montbel1.10 km²5% commune
- Issanlas1.08 km²4% commune
- Saint-Laurent-les-Bains0.45 km²2% commune
- Borne0.22 km²1% commune
- Mazan-l'Abbaye0.02 km²0% commune
- Saint-Arcons-de-Barges0.01 km²0% commune
- Barges0.00 km²0% commune
10 intersecting protected areas
Haut Val d'Allier
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
23.69 km² overlap
Monts D\'Ardèche
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
16.79 km² overlap
Gorges de l'Allier et affluents
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
16.10 km² overlap
Allier et ses affluents
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.79 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.17 km² overlap
Loire et ses affluents
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.07 km² overlap
granat
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.06 km² overlap
les fis
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.04 km² overlap
les fangeires
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.02 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Cévennes ardèchoises
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 253 distinct species · 265 287 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 l'Allier : 21 espèces reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 20.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
7,2°C
Annual rain
829mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
499mm/an
PET
769mm
AET
630mm
Mean slope
7,7°
Water table
426cm
Forest
81%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)