HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080572790
Bassin de l'Asse
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 1 administrative regions : Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Sub-basin area
675,1km²
Upstream area
675,3km²
Discharge
8,38m³/s
Mean elev.
977m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 676.5 km²100.0% of basin
36 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Senez71.31 km²100% commune
- Blieux57.28 km²99% commune
- Clumanc53.38 km²99% commune
- Tartonne43.30 km²97% commune
- Beynes41.31 km²100% commune
- Barrême37.20 km²100% commune
- Moriez36.78 km²99% commune
- Chaudon-Norante35.46 km²94% commune
- Estoublon34.48 km²100% commune
- Majastres29.71 km²100% commune
- Bras-d'Asse24.57 km²94% commune
- Brunet21.35 km²74% commune
- Saint-Julien-d'Asse20.74 km²80% commune
- Mézel18.37 km²85% commune
- Saint-Jeannet17.75 km²61% commune
- Valensole17.30 km²14% commune
- Saint-Jurs16.24 km²48% commune
- Saint-Lions11.47 km²100% commune
- Entrages11.39 km²49% commune
- Entrevennes10.88 km²36% commune
- Châteauredon10.66 km²99% commune
- Castellane10.57 km²9% commune
- Le Castellet10.05 km²54% commune
- Oraison8.68 km²22% commune
- Saint-André-les-Alpes8.55 km²18% commune
- Saint-Jacques4.61 km²100% commune
- Lambruisse4.40 km²20% commune
- Puimoisson3.55 km²10% commune
- Moustiers-Sainte-Marie1.72 km²2% commune
- La Palud-sur-Verdon1.50 km²2% commune
- Thorame-Basse0.74 km²1% commune
- Rougon0.51 km²1% commune
- Digne-les-Bains0.26 km²0% commune
- Draix0.23 km²1% commune
- Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson0.15 km²0% commune
- Archail0.04 km²0% commune
15 intersecting protected areas
Protected perimeter around a national nature reserve
570.60 km² overlap
L'Asse
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
216.47 km² overlap
Verdon
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
147.20 km² overlap
Gorges de Trévans - Montdenier - Mourre de Chanier
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
60.22 km² overlap
Plateau de Valensole
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
25.08 km² overlap
Valensole
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
25.08 km² overlap
Cheval Blanc - Montagne de Boules - Barre des Dourbes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
16.67 km² overlap
Verdon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
9.88 km² overlap
La Durance
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.03 km² overlap
6 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Rivière Asse
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
3.30 km² overlap
Région De Digne
IUCN IIINational Nature Reserve
0.88 km² overlap
La Durance
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.77 km² overlap
Domaine de valx - felines
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.02 km² overlap
Luberon
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
0.01 km² overlap
Pic De Couard
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 293 distinct species · 496 928 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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'Asse : 19 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 120 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 18.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 18 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
9,2°C
Annual rain
862mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,05
Runoff
409mm/an
PET
817mm
AET
623mm
Mean slope
15,4°
Water table
571cm
Forest
65%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)