HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080562000
Bassin de la Durance
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 6 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Cuneo, Hautes-Alpes, Isère, Savoie +1
Sub-basin area
2 550,5km²
Upstream area
2 550,5km²
Discharge
40,99m³/s
Mean elev.
2 029m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2540.0 km²99.4% of basin
- 12.3 km²0.5% of basin
- 2.0 km²0.1% of basin
- 1.1 km²0.0% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.0% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
68 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Névache142.42 km²71% commune
- Le Monêtier-les-Bains130.62 km²97% commune
- Pelvoux119.07 km²97% commune
- Cervières110.71 km²94% commune
- Ceillac96.64 km²100% commune
- Châteauroux-les-Alpes92.15 km²100% commune
- Freissinières89.19 km²99% commune
- Vars89.09 km²98% commune
- Ristolas81.62 km²94% commune
- Vallouise77.84 km²99% commune
- Abriès77.76 km²95% commune
- Arvieux73.57 km²100% commune
- Les Orres71.62 km²97% commune
- Réallon69.78 km²99% commune
- Château-Ville-Vieille66.45 km²100% commune
- L'Argentière-la-Bessée64.73 km²100% commune
- Saint-Martin-de-Queyrières55.27 km²100% commune
- Crots54.98 km²97% commune
- Crévoux53.66 km²99% commune
- Molines-en-Queyras52.50 km²96% commune
- Guillestre50.79 km²100% commune
- Saint-Crépin46.84 km²100% commune
- Chorges45.40 km²79% commune
- Val-des-Prés44.67 km²100% commune
- Saint-Véran44.23 km²95% commune
- Villar-Saint-Pancrace42.83 km²100% commune
- Aiguilles41.35 km²100% commune
- La Roche-de-Rame41.22 km²100% commune
- Saint-André-d'Embrun39.12 km²100% commune
- Embrun36.40 km²100% commune
- La Salle-les-Alpes35.59 km²100% commune
- Champcella31.35 km²100% commune
- Savines-le-Lac31.02 km²100% commune
- Risoul30.32 km²100% commune
- Eygliers30.08 km²100% commune
- Briançon27.64 km²100% commune
- Saint-Chaffrey26.25 km²100% commune
- Saint-Clément-sur-Durance25.95 km²100% commune
- Saint-Sauveur23.15 km²100% commune
- Puy-Saint-Vincent22.22 km²100% commune
- Réotier21.57 km²100% commune
- Montgenèvre18.30 km²41% commune
- Les Vigneaux16.48 km²100% commune
- Puy-Saint-André16.03 km²100% commune
- Baratier15.71 km²100% commune
- Prunières15.10 km²100% commune
- Puy-Saint-Eusèbe11.63 km²100% commune
- Puy-Sanières10.79 km²100% commune
- Pontis9.59 km²61% commune
- Le Sauze-du-Lac7.89 km²64% commune
- Puy-Saint-Pierre7.67 km²100% commune
- Saint-Apollinaire7.15 km²100% commune
- Rousset2.32 km²14% commune
- Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye2.12 km²1% commune
- Valloire1.96 km²1% commune
- Orcières1.62 km²2% commune
- La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar0.74 km²1% commune
- Mont-Dauphin0.58 km²100% commune
- Le Lauzet-Ubaye0.28 km²0% commune
- Champoléon0.20 km²0% commune
- Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans0.20 km²0% commune
- La Condamine-Châtelard0.14 km²0% commune
- Méolans-Revel0.09 km²0% commune
- Villar-d'Arêne0.07 km²0% commune
- Ancelle0.03 km²0% commune
- La Bréole0.03 km²0% commune
- Les Thuiles0.01 km²0% commune
- Valmeinier0.00 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
658.76 km² overlap
Queyras
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
621.09 km² overlap
Ecrins
IUCN IINational Park - Core Area
271.98 km² overlap
Rochebrune - Izoard - Vallée de la Cerveyrette
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
267.37 km² overlap
Les Ecrins
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
261.03 km² overlap
Clarée
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
208.05 km² overlap
Steppique Durancien et Queyrassin
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
196.76 km² overlap
Haut Guil - Mont Viso - Val Preveyre
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
185.05 km² overlap
Vallon des Bans - Vallée du Fournel
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
87.56 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Vallée du Haut Guil
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
61.79 km² overlap
Combeynot - Lautaret - Ecrins
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
57.35 km² overlap
Bois de Morgon - Forêt de Boscodon - Bragousse
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
24.27 km² overlap
Ristolas - Mont-Viso
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
23.24 km² overlap
Assan
IUCN IaForest Integral Biological Reserve
10.31 km² overlap
Bois des Ayes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
8.81 km² overlap
Piolit - Pic de Chabrières
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.80 km² overlap
Partias
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
8.21 km² overlap
Bois Des Ayes
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
3.99 km² overlap
Haute Ubaye - Massif du Chambeyron
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.75 km² overlap
Cima Fournier e Lago Nero
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.83 km² overlap
Adoux De Grépon
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.81 km² overlap
Coste Plane - Champerous
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.46 km² overlap
Vallon De Bouchouse
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.35 km² overlap
Pra - Barant
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.34 km² overlap
Le villard
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.22 km² overlap
Les Deslioures
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
0.19 km² overlap
Sources De La Guisane
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.17 km² overlap
Gruppo del Monviso e Bosco dell'Alevè
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.11 km² overlap
Gruppo del Monviso e Bosco dell'Alevè
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
0.11 km² overlap
Les chappas
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 058 distinct species · 1 960 399 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Durance : 22 espèces + 6 bulles famille, 56 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 14.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 6 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°
3,1°C
Annual rain
1 319mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,51
Runoff
471mm/an
PET
588mm
AET
544mm
Mean slope
23,4°
Water table
799cm
Forest
52%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
60%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)