HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080555880
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 3 administrative regions : Corrèze, Dordogne, Lot
Sub-basin area
739,6km²
Upstream area
8 649,3km²
Discharge
199,86m³/s
Mean elev.
204m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de l'Alzou341 km²
- Bassin de la Dordogne228 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 378.0 km²51.0% of basin
- 363.2 km²49.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
66 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Salignac-Eyvigues44.10 km²99% commune
- Sarlat-la-Canéda34.74 km²72% commune
- Lachapelle-Auzac30.41 km²98% commune
- Gignac29.45 km²71% commune
- Souillac26.73 km²100% commune
- Borrèze26.43 km²93% commune
- Domme22.01 km²91% commune
- Payrignac21.57 km²99% commune
- Gourdon21.49 km²47% commune
- Calès21.29 km²63% commune
- Payrac19.81 km²100% commune
- Pinsac18.18 km²92% commune
- Proissans17.87 km²99% commune
- Carsac-Aillac17.52 km²100% commune
- Nabirat16.44 km²96% commune
- Saint-Crépin-et-Carlucet16.31 km²85% commune
- Reilhaguet15.87 km²100% commune
- Lanzac14.69 km²100% commune
- Vitrac14.52 km²100% commune
- Calviac-en-Périgord14.47 km²100% commune
- Sainte-Nathalène14.30 km²100% commune
- Lamothe-Fénelon14.11 km²100% commune
- Carlux13.56 km²100% commune
- Saint-Julien-de-Lampon13.25 km²100% commune
- Loupiac12.76 km²100% commune
- Groléjac12.60 km²100% commune
- Prats-de-Carlux12.58 km²100% commune
- Séniergues11.95 km²67% commune
- Saint-Projet10.98 km²70% commune
- Cénac-et-Saint-Julien10.66 km²50% commune
- Anglars-Nozac9.62 km²100% commune
- Sainte-Mondane9.60 km²100% commune
- Ginouillac9.51 km²98% commune
- Veyrignac9.46 km²100% commune
- Masclat9.35 km²100% commune
- Orliaguet9.35 km²100% commune
- Simeyrols9.30 km²100% commune
- Fajoles8.89 km²100% commune
- Paulin8.88 km²77% commune
- Nadaillac-de-Rouge8.01 km²100% commune
- Saint-Cirq-Madelon7.50 km²100% commune
- Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel7.05 km²100% commune
- La Roque-Gageac7.04 km²100% commune
- Le Vigan7.04 km²20% commune
- Peyrillac-et-Millac7.00 km²100% commune
- Le Roc6.86 km²100% commune
- Rouffilhac6.72 km²100% commune
- Carlucet5.69 km²17% commune
- Lacave5.20 km²24% commune
- Milhac5.19 km²100% commune
- Cazoulès3.84 km²100% commune
- Vézac2.58 km²19% commune
- Cuzance2.50 km²8% commune
- Marcillac-Saint-Quentin0.87 km²5% commune
- Jayac0.74 km²4% commune
- Léobard0.61 km²6% commune
- Saint-Sozy0.57 km²7% commune
- Saint-Aubin-de-Nabirat0.42 km²6% commune
- Archignac0.36 km²2% commune
- Montfaucon0.31 km²1% commune
- Mayrac0.27 km²4% commune
- Saint-Geniès0.12 km²0% commune
- Soucirac0.08 km²1% commune
- Nadaillac0.01 km²0% commune
- Estivals0.01 km²0% commune
- Baladou0.00 km²0% commune
20 intersecting protected areas
Causses Du Quercy
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
54.07 km² overlap
Coteaux calcaires de la vallée de la Dordogne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
24.65 km² overlap
Vallée de la Dordogne quercynoise
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
16.59 km² overlap
La Dordogne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.59 km² overlap
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.28 km² overlap
Coteaux calcaires de Borrèze
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.16 km² overlap
Rivière Dordogne
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
3.80 km² overlap
Cours Lotois De La Dordogne
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
1.83 km² overlap
Sites À Faucon Pélerin
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
1.15 km² overlap
11 more protected areassorted by overlap area
coteaux calcaires de borreze
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.34 km² overlap
Vallées des Beunes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.13 km² overlap
ilot de combe negre
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.10 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.06 km² overlap
Ile De Fontchopine
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.03 km² overlap
Vallées de l'Ouysse et de l'Alzou
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.03 km² overlap
Vieux chênes de Cantegrel
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.02 km² overlap
Falaises lotoises (Rapaces)
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.01 km² overlap
Coteaux calcaires du Causse de Daglan et de la Vallée du Céou
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
combe de la couliere
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.00 km² overlap
dame de grezeyroux
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
5 501 distinct species · 247 719 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 139 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 14.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 21 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°
12,3°C
Annual rain
834mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
480mm/an
PET
989mm
AET
679mm
Mean slope
6,0°
Water table
278cm
Forest
59%
Crops
10%
Urban
1%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)