HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080562060
Bassin de l'Ubaye
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Cuneo, Hautes-Alpes
Sub-basin area
1 002km²
Upstream area
1 002,2km²
Discharge
10,83m³/s
Mean elev.
2 022m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 992.9 km²98.9% of basin
- 10.5 km²1.0% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.1% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
28 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye202.41 km²92% commune
- Uvernet-Fours133.65 km²98% commune
- Méolans-Revel125.96 km²98% commune
- Jausiers108.21 km²99% commune
- Larche67.33 km²79% commune
- Le Lauzet-Ubaye65.14 km²97% commune
- La Condamine-Châtelard56.06 km²100% commune
- Enchastrayes44.01 km²100% commune
- Meyronnes41.23 km²95% commune
- Saint-Pons32.38 km²100% commune
- Les Thuiles31.93 km²100% commune
- Saint-Vincent-les-Forts23.74 km²97% commune
- La Bréole17.70 km²41% commune
- Faucon-de-Barcelonnette16.97 km²100% commune
- Barcelonnette16.67 km²100% commune
- Pontis6.21 km²39% commune
- Le Sauze-du-Lac4.45 km²36% commune
- Les Orres2.05 km²3% commune
- Allos1.72 km²1% commune
- Vars1.56 km²2% commune
- Montclar1.47 km²6% commune
- Crots1.47 km²3% commune
- Crévoux0.70 km²1% commune
- Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage0.54 km²1% commune
- Ceillac0.29 km²0% commune
- Prads-Haute-Bléone0.11 km²0% commune
- Saint-Véran0.00 km²0% commune
- Entraunes0.00 km²0% commune
20 intersecting protected areas
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
175.57 km² overlap
Haute Ubaye - Massif du Chambeyron
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
135.38 km² overlap
Mercantour
IUCN IINational Park - Core Area
96.90 km² overlap
Le Mercantour
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
96.78 km² overlap
Le Mercantour
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
96.77 km² overlap
Dormillouse - Lavercq
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
60.56 km² overlap
La Tour des Sagnes - Vallon des Terres Pleines - Orrenaye
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
48.84 km² overlap
Coste Plane - Champerous
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
14.63 km² overlap
Plateau De Dormillouse
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
14.05 km² overlap
11 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Laverq
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
13.21 km² overlap
Tellière-Paluel (De la)
IUCN IaForest Integral Biological Reserve
7.04 km² overlap
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
1.83 km² overlap
Alte Valli Stura e Maira
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.60 km² overlap
Protected perimeter around a national nature reserve
1.51 km² overlap
Queyras
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
1.44 km² overlap
Bois de Morgon - Forêt de Boscodon - Bragousse
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.91 km² overlap
La roche
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.51 km² overlap
Colle e Lago della Maddalena, Val Puriac
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.40 km² overlap
Lac Saint-Léger
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.05 km² overlap
Haut Guil - Mont Viso - Val Preveyre
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
9 415 distinct species · 696 038 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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'Ubaye : 25 espèces + 2 bulles famille, 41 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 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°
3,4°C
Annual rain
1 250mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,49
Runoff
461mm/an
PET
584mm
AET
539mm
Mean slope
23,3°
Water table
805cm
Forest
48%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
38%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)