HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080579230
Bassin de l'Argens
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 : Bouches-du-Rhône, Var
Sub-basin area
691,2km²
Upstream area
691,2km²
Discharge
11,16m³/s
Mean elev.
376m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 690.2 km²99.7% of basin
- 2.3 km²0.3% of basin
33 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume64.55 km²99% commune
- Pontevès41.44 km²100% commune
- Cotignac41.03 km²93% commune
- Nans-les-Pins38.41 km²78% commune
- Correns37.32 km²100% commune
- Le Val37.06 km²95% commune
- Brue-Auriac36.97 km²100% commune
- Bras35.76 km²99% commune
- Ollières34.37 km²87% commune
- Varages33.91 km²100% commune
- La Verdière33.69 km²49% commune
- Tavernes31.09 km²99% commune
- Barjols29.96 km²100% commune
- Châteauvert27.77 km²100% commune
- Seillons-Source-d'Argens25.54 km²100% commune
- Saint-Martin25.46 km²97% commune
- Tourves24.42 km²37% commune
- Carcès22.03 km²63% commune
- Rougiers15.84 km²75% commune
- Esparron12.97 km²43% commune
- Montfort-sur-Argens11.96 km²100% commune
- Sillans-la-Cascade7.53 km²37% commune
- Fox-Amphoux6.38 km²16% commune
- Pourrières3.85 km²7% commune
- Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume3.79 km²15% commune
- Pourcieux3.15 km²15% commune
- Trets2.34 km²3% commune
- Montmeyan1.49 km²4% commune
- Vins-sur-Caramy1.02 km²6% commune
- Brignoles0.58 km²1% commune
- Saint-Julien0.47 km²1% commune
- Signes0.19 km²0% commune
- Mazaugues0.15 km²0% commune
10 intersecting protected areas
La Sainte-Baume
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
108.45 km² overlap
Val d'Argens
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
50.57 km² overlap
Verdon
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
40.87 km² overlap
Sources et tufs du Haut Var
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
21.97 km² overlap
Massif de la Sainte-Baume
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
11.05 km² overlap
Montagne Sainte Victoire
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.35 km² overlap
Montagne Sainte Victoire
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2.35 km² overlap
la rabelle
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.97 km² overlap
les lavals
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.28 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
cabanon des ascroix
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
5 657 distinct species · 259 467 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'Argens : 29 espèces + 5 bulles famille, 74 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 13.2%, 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°
12,6°C
Annual rain
740mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
441mm/an
PET
902mm
AET
604mm
Mean slope
5,8°
Water table
314cm
Forest
74%
Crops
5%
Urban
2%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)