HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080566950
Bassin du Tarn
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 : Aveyron, Lozère
Sub-basin area
948,2km²
Upstream area
948,2km²
Discharge
22,27m³/s
Mean elev.
972m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 944.0 km²99.4% of basin
- 6.1 km²0.6% of basin
44 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Le Pont-de-Montvert87.83 km²96% commune
- Sainte-Enimie73.61 km²83% commune
- Vebron67.13 km²95% commune
- Mas-Saint-Chély57.34 km²100% commune
- Ispagnac44.73 km²82% commune
- Les Bondons41.76 km²92% commune
- La Malène40.72 km²100% commune
- Fraissinet-de-Lozère38.33 km²99% commune
- Hures-la-Parade36.42 km²41% commune
- Cassagnas34.40 km²96% commune
- Montbrun30.99 km²100% commune
- Bassurels30.50 km²65% commune
- Florac29.05 km²100% commune
- Laval-du-Tarn27.30 km²74% commune
- Quézac26.99 km²100% commune
- Bédouès26.30 km²100% commune
- Les Vignes25.63 km²88% commune
- Barre-des-Cévennes24.78 km²70% commune
- Saint-Maurice-de-Ventalon24.61 km²64% commune
- Saint-Laurent-de-Trèves22.66 km²99% commune
- Rousses21.63 km²98% commune
- Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon21.46 km²100% commune
- Fraissinet-de-Fourques20.27 km²85% commune
- La Salle-Prunet18.29 km²100% commune
- Saint-Georges-de-Lévéjac16.32 km²29% commune
- Saint-André-de-Lancize12.28 km²54% commune
- Saint-Rome-de-Dolan10.46 km²32% commune
- Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers8.19 km²23% commune
- Mostuéjouls6.14 km²19% commune
- Saint-Privat-de-Vallongue5.72 km²24% commune
- La Canourgue5.05 km²5% commune
- Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez3.85 km²7% commune
- Cocurès3.00 km²100% commune
- Chanac2.67 km²4% commune
- Gatuzières1.39 km²5% commune
- Le Rozier0.59 km²32% commune
- Vialas0.49 km²1% commune
- Mas-d'Orcières0.43 km²1% commune
- Altier0.31 km²1% commune
- Cubiérettes0.17 km²2% commune
- Molezon0.15 km²1% commune
- Saint-Germain-de-Calberte0.11 km²0% commune
- Saint-Martin-de-Lansuscle0.11 km²1% commune
- Pourcharesses0.00 km²0% commune
19 intersecting protected areas
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
391.39 km² overlap
Cévennes
IUCN IINational Park - Core Area
385.99 km² overlap
Les Cévennes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
369.74 km² overlap
Gorges du Tarn et de la Jonte
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
318.24 km² overlap
Vallées du Tarn, du Tarnon et de la Mimente
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
103.30 km² overlap
Mont Lozère
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
15.90 km² overlap
Causse Méjean
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
6.70 km² overlap
ferme de la cle des champs
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
6.21 km² overlap
Grands Causses
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
5.82 km² overlap
10 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Gorges du Tarn et de la Jonte
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
5.81 km² overlap
Gorges du Tarn
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.57 km² overlap
Gorges du Tarn
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
4.47 km² overlap
Bougès
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
3.78 km² overlap
Combe des Cades
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.98 km² overlap
serre de guinet
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.90 km² overlap
Vallée du Gardon de Mialet
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.58 km² overlap
Vallée du Gardon de Saint-Jean
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.33 km² overlap
Valdonnez
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.31 km² overlap
camp de rose
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 132 distinct species · 341 719 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Tarn : 32 espèces + 6 bulles famille, 72 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 10.2%, 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°
8,7°C
Annual rain
811mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,03
Runoff
617mm/an
PET
838mm
AET
636mm
Mean slope
12,4°
Water table
503cm
Forest
67%
Crops
27%
Urban
0%
Protected
96%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)