HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080573080
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 4 administrative regions : Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Var, Vaucluse
Sub-basin area
1 390km²
Upstream area
12 993,4km²
Discharge
151,78m³/s
Mean elev.
335m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin du Verdon2239 km²
- Bassin de la Durance245 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 655.1 km²47.0% of basin
- 531.8 km²38.2% of basin
- 200.3 km²14.4% of basin
- 5.5 km²0.4% of basin
79 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Rians96.65 km²100% commune
- Jouques80.39 km²100% commune
- Pertuis59.72 km²100% commune
- Cheval-Blanc58.21 km²100% commune
- Beaumont-de-Pertuis47.98 km²90% commune
- Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade44.63 km²100% commune
- Saint-Paul-lès-Durance43.12 km²93% commune
- La Tour-d'Aigues41.77 km²100% commune
- Meyrargues41.13 km²100% commune
- Rognes36.04 km²62% commune
- Peyrolles-en-Provence34.87 km²100% commune
- Artigues32.82 km²100% commune
- Cucuron32.09 km²100% commune
- Mirabeau31.44 km²100% commune
- Sénas31.00 km²100% commune
- Grambois30.94 km²100% commune
- Ginasservis30.21 km²79% commune
- Mallemort29.12 km²100% commune
- Mérindol27.28 km²100% commune
- La Roque-d'Anthéron25.68 km²100% commune
- Cadenet25.64 km²100% commune
- Orgon23.03 km²65% commune
- Lauris22.83 km²100% commune
- Lourmarin20.18 km²100% commune
- Puget19.65 km²100% commune
- Vauvenargues19.45 km²35% commune
- Cabrières-d'Aigues18.72 km²100% commune
- La Bastide-des-Jourdans18.51 km²66% commune
- Villelaure17.98 km²100% commune
- Ansouis17.65 km²100% commune
- Bonnieux17.62 km²34% commune
- Buoux17.15 km²97% commune
- Esparron17.14 km²57% commune
- Peypin-d'Aigues17.00 km²100% commune
- Alleins16.52 km²100% commune
- Cavaillon16.18 km²35% commune
- Vaugines15.80 km²100% commune
- La Motte-d'Aigues15.04 km²100% commune
- Vitrolles-en-Lubéron14.37 km²91% commune
- Charleval14.22 km²100% commune
- Venelles12.92 km²62% commune
- Lamanon12.18 km²62% commune
- La Verdière12.16 km²18% commune
- Eyguières12.00 km²18% commune
- Plan-d'Orgon11.32 km²76% commune
- Vernègues11.22 km²70% commune
- Puyvert9.78 km²100% commune
- Lambesc9.76 km²15% commune
- Sivergues9.18 km²100% commune
- Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde8.86 km²38% commune
- Saint-Estève-Janson6.73 km²100% commune
- Saint-Martin-de-la-Brasque5.74 km²100% commune
- La Bastidonne5.39 km²100% commune
- Corbières4.90 km²26% commune
- Sannes4.59 km²100% commune
- Auribeau4.37 km²57% commune
- Saint-Julien4.23 km²5% commune
- Pourrières4.09 km²7% commune
- Puyloubier3.10 km²8% commune
- Ménerbes2.59 km²8% commune
- Taillades2.36 km²34% commune
- Robion2.10 km²12% commune
- Aix-en-Provence2.06 km²1% commune
- Saignon1.82 km²9% commune
- Ollières1.58 km²4% commune
- Aurons1.02 km²8% commune
- Oppède1.00 km²4% commune
- Saint-Martin-de-Castillon0.98 km²3% commune
- Cabannes0.92 km²6% commune
- Saint-Martin0.79 km²3% commune
- Castellet0.50 km²5% commune
- Vinon-sur-Verdon0.49 km²1% commune
- Lacoste0.49 km²5% commune
- Saint-Andiol0.46 km²3% commune
- Maubec0.43 km²5% commune
- Montjustin0.41 km²4% commune
- Céreste0.17 km²1% commune
- Varages0.16 km²0% commune
- Apt0.03 km²0% commune
28 intersecting protected areas
Luberon
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
616.04 km² overlap
Montagne Sainte Victoire
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
242.42 km² overlap
Massif du Luberon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
161.86 km² overlap
Protected perimeter around a national nature reserve
135.07 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
129.46 km² overlap
Massif du Petit Luberon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
129.05 km² overlap
Montagne Sainte Victoire
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
86.85 km² overlap
Alpilles
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
77.97 km² overlap
La Durance
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
66.23 km² overlap
19 more protected areassorted by overlap area
La Durance
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
66.01 km² overlap
Garrigues de Lançon et Chaînes alentour
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
56.11 km² overlap
Verdon
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
47.32 km² overlap
Les Alpilles
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
41.45 km² overlap
Les Alpilles
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
16.87 km² overlap
Petit Luberon
IUCN IaForest Integral Biological Reserve
9.24 km² overlap
Petit Luberon
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
8.82 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
3.46 km² overlap
Crau centrale - Crau sèche
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.83 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
2.29 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
1.84 km² overlap
Castellane (De La)
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
1.76 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
1.25 km² overlap
Biotope Protection Order
0.82 km² overlap
Lubéron
IUCN IIINational Nature Reserve
0.79 km² overlap
Grotte de l\'Adaouste
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.11 km² overlap
Le Calavon et l'Encrème
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.04 km² overlap
Tunnel De La Mine
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.02 km² overlap
les maufrines
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 130 distinct species · 706 092 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 : 30 espèces + 5 bulles famille, 59 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 9.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 5 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°
12,3°C
Annual rain
700mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
310mm/an
PET
935mm
AET
584mm
Mean slope
5,9°
Water table
299cm
Forest
39%
Crops
18%
Urban
6%
Protected
53%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)