HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080556780
Bassin du Drac
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 2 administrative regions : Hautes-Alpes, Isère
Sub-basin area
540,5km²
Upstream area
540,6km²
Discharge
10,13m³/s
Mean elev.
1 731m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 541.5 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
37 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Champoléon99.95 km²98% commune
- Orcières98.58 km²98% commune
- La Motte-en-Champsaur54.79 km²99% commune
- Ancelle40.87 km²81% commune
- Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas37.57 km²100% commune
- Le Noyer22.00 km²100% commune
- Le Glaizil19.95 km²94% commune
- Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol16.77 km²100% commune
- Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur15.67 km²100% commune
- Poligny13.86 km²100% commune
- Bénévent-et-Charbillac11.78 km²100% commune
- Saint-Laurent-du-Cros11.50 km²94% commune
- Chabottes10.66 km²100% commune
- La Fare-en-Champsaur10.48 km²99% commune
- Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur10.37 km²100% commune
- Laye10.31 km²100% commune
- Les Infournas8.40 km²100% commune
- Saint-Eusèbe-en-Champsaur7.96 km²100% commune
- Les Costes7.47 km²85% commune
- Forest-Saint-Julien7.19 km²99% commune
- Chauffayer6.72 km²60% commune
- Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes6.56 km²100% commune
- Gap4.15 km²4% commune
- Buissard2.79 km²100% commune
- Freissinières1.31 km²1% commune
- Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy1.05 km²2% commune
- Réallon0.83 km²1% commune
- La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar0.67 km²1% commune
- Saint-Disdier0.28 km²1% commune
- Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard0.28 km²2% commune
- Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard0.22 km²1% commune
- Vallouise0.22 km²0% commune
- La Rochette0.18 km²2% commune
- Châteauroux-les-Alpes0.10 km²0% commune
- Monestier-d'Ambel0.10 km²1% commune
- L'Argentière-la-Bessée0.04 km²0% commune
- Beaufin0.01 km²0% commune
9 intersecting protected areas
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
273.97 km² overlap
Les Ecrins
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
126.32 km² overlap
Ecrins
IUCN IINational Park - Core Area
121.91 km² overlap
Dévoluy - Durbon - Charance - Champsaur
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
43.40 km² overlap
Valgaudemar
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
20.05 km² overlap
National Nature Reserve
1.49 km² overlap
Vallon des Bans - Vallée du Fournel
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.47 km² overlap
Massif de l'Obiou et gorges de la Souloise
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.12 km² overlap
Piolit - Pic de Chabrières
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 694 distinct species · 763 737 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Drac : 32 espèces + 4 bulles famille, 61 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 9.7%, 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°
4,4°C
Annual rain
1 210mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,42
Runoff
507mm/an
PET
657mm
AET
587mm
Mean slope
21,5°
Water table
730cm
Forest
55%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
81%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)