HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080566790
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 2 administrative regions : Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes
Sub-basin area
1 274,3km²
Upstream area
4 826,4km²
Discharge
64,47m³/s
Mean elev.
1 033m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Durance2551 km²
- Bassin de l'Ubaye1002 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 689.8 km²54.0% of basin
- 587.1 km²46.0% of basin
83 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Bayons125.14 km²99% commune
- Gap86.55 km²79% commune
- Seyne71.29 km²82% commune
- Ventavon41.63 km²97% commune
- Bréziers30.50 km²100% commune
- Selonnet30.13 km²100% commune
- Curbans29.28 km²100% commune
- Valernes28.91 km²100% commune
- La Bâtie-Neuve27.48 km²100% commune
- La Motte-du-Caire27.24 km²100% commune
- Vaumeilh25.85 km²100% commune
- La Bréole25.61 km²59% commune
- Sigoyer25.02 km²99% commune
- Clamensane23.98 km²100% commune
- Venterol22.64 km²100% commune
- Jarjayes22.62 km²100% commune
- Avançon22.54 km²100% commune
- Montclar22.08 km²94% commune
- Claret20.71 km²100% commune
- Turriers20.45 km²100% commune
- Faucon-du-Caire20.16 km²100% commune
- Sisteron19.27 km²38% commune
- Barcillonnette19.17 km²100% commune
- Esparron18.20 km²75% commune
- Le Caire17.34 km²100% commune
- Valavoire16.95 km²100% commune
- Théus16.28 km²100% commune
- Le Poët15.56 km²100% commune
- Sigoyer15.37 km²100% commune
- Lardier-et-Valença15.03 km²100% commune
- Montgardin14.83 km²100% commune
- Melve14.79 km²100% commune
- Upaix14.61 km²62% commune
- Vitrolles14.57 km²100% commune
- Châteaufort14.39 km²100% commune
- Tallard14.34 km²100% commune
- Rousset13.93 km²86% commune
- Gigors13.74 km²100% commune
- Espinasses13.60 km²100% commune
- Bellaffaire13.02 km²100% commune
- Pelleautier12.49 km²100% commune
- Chorges12.16 km²21% commune
- Saint-Martin-lès-Seyne12.09 km²100% commune
- Rochebrune12.07 km²100% commune
- Nibles11.93 km²100% commune
- Valserres11.04 km²100% commune
- Rambaud10.92 km²100% commune
- Thèze10.84 km²100% commune
- Piégut10.70 km²100% commune
- La Rochette10.39 km²98% commune
- Ancelle9.81 km²19% commune
- Mison9.60 km²31% commune
- Saint-Étienne-le-Laus8.86 km²100% commune
- La Bâtie-Vieille8.81 km²100% commune
- Neffes8.63 km²100% commune
- Monêtier-Allemont7.55 km²100% commune
- Châteauvieux7.47 km²100% commune
- La Saulce7.35 km²100% commune
- Fouillouse7.31 km²100% commune
- La Freissinouse7.30 km²94% commune
- Remollon6.38 km²100% commune
- Saint-Geniez5.55 km²14% commune
- Lettret4.02 km²100% commune
- Barles2.69 km²4% commune
- Lazer2.28 km²10% commune
- La Roche-des-Arnauds2.15 km²4% commune
- Auzet2.01 km²6% commune
- Authon1.80 km²5% commune
- Le Lauzet-Ubaye1.55 km²2% commune
- Méolans-Revel1.47 km²1% commune
- Rabou1.00 km²4% commune
- Châteauneuf-d'Oze0.97 km²4% commune
- Saint-Vincent-les-Forts0.82 km²3% commune
- Saint-Laurent-du-Cros0.68 km²6% commune
- Entrepierres0.42 km²1% commune
- Manteyer0.37 km²1% commune
- Le Saix0.23 km²1% commune
- Saint-Genis0.19 km²1% commune
- Forest-Saint-Julien0.09 km²1% commune
- Savournon0.07 km²0% commune
- Le Sauze-du-Lac0.04 km²0% commune
- Saint-Auban-d'Oze0.01 km²0% commune
- Laye0.00 km²0% commune
20 intersecting protected areas
Protected perimeter around a national nature reserve
135.46 km² overlap
Venterol - Piégut - Grand Vallon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
42.57 km² overlap
Ceüse - montagne d'Aujour - Pic de Crigne - montagne de Saint-Genis
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
32.59 km² overlap
La Durance
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
25.39 km² overlap
La Durance
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
25.39 km² overlap
Montagne de Val-Haut - Clues de Barles - Clues de Verdaches
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
19.98 km² overlap
Dévoluy - Durbon - Charance - Champsaur
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
16.90 km² overlap
Montagne de Seymuit - Crête de la Scie
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
14.02 km² overlap
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
9.82 km² overlap
11 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Piolit - Pic de Chabrières
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.12 km² overlap
Bec de Crigne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.11 km² overlap
Plateau De Dormillouse
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
2.11 km² overlap
Montagne De Mouisset
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
1.98 km² overlap
Dormillouse - Lavercq
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.87 km² overlap
Baronnies Provençales
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
1.47 km² overlap
Marais De Chorges
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.15 km² overlap
sagnes du plateau de bayard
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
sagnes du forest
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
sagne de saint pons
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.00 km² overlap
grande sagne de seyne
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
8 214 distinct species · 786 399 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 : 24 espèces + 8 bulles famille, 65 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 13.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 8 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°
8,3°C
Annual rain
911mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
426mm/an
PET
833mm
AET
644mm
Mean slope
14,1°
Water table
497cm
Forest
65%
Crops
11%
Urban
2%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)