HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080579220
Bassin de l'Adour
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 : Hautes-Pyrénées
Sub-basin area
527,6km²
Upstream area
527,6km²
Discharge
10,06m³/s
Mean elev.
1 021m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 528.6 km²100.0% of basin
73 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Bagnères-de-Bigorre121.75 km²96% commune
- Campan97.59 km²100% commune
- Ancizan28.27 km²68% commune
- Asté17.36 km²66% commune
- Beaudéan16.67 km²100% commune
- Vic-en-Bigorre15.75 km²48% commune
- Beaucens14.72 km²39% commune
- Tarbes10.53 km²67% commune
- Germs-sur-l'Oussouet10.46 km²81% commune
- Trébons10.07 km²100% commune
- Labassère9.67 km²100% commune
- Montgaillard8.28 km²86% commune
- Aureilhan8.07 km²84% commune
- Maubourguet7.75 km²33% commune
- Pouzac7.65 km²97% commune
- Séméac6.26 km²100% commune
- Barbazan-Debat5.80 km²59% commune
- Bordères-sur-l'Échez5.39 km²34% commune
- Aurensan5.23 km²71% commune
- Bazillac5.15 km²50% commune
- Bours4.92 km²100% commune
- Arcizac-Adour4.89 km²100% commune
- Artagnan4.72 km²100% commune
- Aspin-Aure4.51 km²38% commune
- Horgues4.42 km²100% commune
- Camalès4.38 km²97% commune
- Bernac-Debat4.08 km²100% commune
- Lafitole4.07 km²47% commune
- Saint-Martin4.03 km²48% commune
- Soues4.01 km²100% commune
- Laloubère4.00 km²100% commune
- Vielle-Adour3.87 km²64% commune
- Gerde3.63 km²55% commune
- Andrest3.63 km²58% commune
- Astugue3.55 km²45% commune
- Sarriac-Bigorre3.47 km²32% commune
- Hiis3.03 km²94% commune
- Ordizan3.00 km²48% commune
- Allier2.93 km²76% commune
- Arreau2.90 km²25% commune
- Bazet2.84 km²100% commune
- Bernac-Dessus2.69 km²65% commune
- Salles-Adour2.49 km²100% commune
- Beyrède-Jumet2.45 km²15% commune
- Momères2.45 km²98% commune
- Oursbelille2.17 km²19% commune
- Odos2.06 km²23% commune
- Pujo2.06 km²40% commune
- Orleix1.89 km²23% commune
- Sarniguet1.84 km²97% commune
- Barbazan-Dessus1.70 km²37% commune
- Marsac1.59 km²100% commune
- Tostat1.42 km²22% commune
- Neuilh1.35 km²54% commune
- Antist1.21 km²58% commune
- Gensac1.18 km²34% commune
- Visker1.11 km²27% commune
- Villenave-près-Marsac0.98 km²100% commune
- Sarrouilles0.75 km²18% commune
- Ugnouas0.74 km²53% commune
- Liac0.70 km²17% commune
- Nouilhan0.65 km²14% commune
- Gazost0.49 km²1% commune
- Aulon0.45 km²2% commune
- Loucrup0.39 km²10% commune
- Sers0.22 km²1% commune
- Chis0.07 km²2% commune
- Gayan0.06 km²2% commune
- Barèges0.03 km²0% commune
- Esparros0.02 km²0% commune
- Vielle-Aure0.00 km²0% commune
- Hèches0.00 km²0% commune
- Hauban0.00 km²0% commune
9 intersecting protected areas
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
127.44 km² overlap
Liset de Hount Blanque
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
40.43 km² overlap
Lac Bleu Léviste
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
19.73 km² overlap
Néouvielle
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
9.28 km² overlap
Vallée de l'Adour
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
8.17 km² overlap
Adour Et Affluents
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
2.15 km² overlap
Aulon
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
0.33 km² overlap
L\'Adour
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.13 km² overlap
Barèges, Ayré, Piquette
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 181 distinct species · 367 617 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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'Adour : 16 espèces reliées par 107 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 23.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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°
8,2°C
Annual rain
1 025mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,16
Runoff
517mm/an
PET
811mm
AET
668mm
Mean slope
14,3°
Water table
472cm
Forest
59%
Crops
12%
Urban
11%
Protected
24%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)