HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080583280
Bassin de l'Aude
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 3 administrative regions : Aude, Hérault, Tarn
Sub-basin area
744,1km²
Upstream area
3 859,8km²
Discharge
68,76m³/s
Mean elev.
172m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Clamoux249 km²
- Bassin du Trapel88 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 588.1 km²78.9% of basin
- 155.3 km²20.8% of basin
- 2.1 km²0.3% of basin
81 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Laure-Minervois39.40 km²97% commune
- Lézignan-Corbières30.94 km²80% commune
- Félines-Minervois29.96 km²100% commune
- Caunes-Minervois28.58 km²100% commune
- Azille24.08 km²100% commune
- La Livinière23.19 km²72% commune
- Rieux-Minervois21.90 km²100% commune
- Olonzac19.67 km²100% commune
- Siran19.10 km²92% commune
- Citou17.34 km²99% commune
- Lespinassière16.47 km²100% commune
- Capendu15.81 km²100% commune
- Moux15.74 km²99% commune
- Douzens14.99 km²100% commune
- Tourouzelle14.66 km²100% commune
- Monze14.50 km²100% commune
- Puichéric14.23 km²100% commune
- Azillanet13.50 km²96% commune
- La Redorte13.23 km²100% commune
- Canet12.78 km²93% commune
- Conilhac-Corbières12.30 km²99% commune
- Cesseras12.30 km²81% commune
- Pradelles-en-Val12.27 km²73% commune
- Trèbes11.49 km²65% commune
- Trausse11.08 km²100% commune
- Marseillette10.90 km²100% commune
- Pépieux10.56 km²100% commune
- Escales10.41 km²100% commune
- Aigues-Vives10.36 km²100% commune
- Montbrun-des-Corbières10.30 km²100% commune
- Peyriac-Minervois10.14 km²100% commune
- Pouzols-Minervois10.14 km²100% commune
- Aigne10.11 km²90% commune
- Fontcouverte9.89 km²99% commune
- Badens9.87 km²100% commune
- Mailhac9.87 km²96% commune
- Barbaira9.65 km²99% commune
- Villeneuve-Minervois9.65 km²39% commune
- Paraza9.64 km²100% commune
- Cassagnoles9.34 km²39% commune
- Comigne8.81 km²100% commune
- Blomac8.70 km²100% commune
- Oupia8.63 km²100% commune
- Castelnau-d'Aude7.84 km²100% commune
- Roubia7.58 km²100% commune
- Saint-Frichoux6.48 km²100% commune
- Cruscades6.44 km²66% commune
- Rustiques6.21 km²100% commune
- Beaufort6.20 km²100% commune
- Ventenac-en-Minervois6.10 km²100% commune
- Fontiès-d'Aude5.89 km²96% commune
- Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude5.50 km²63% commune
- Saint-Couat-d'Aude5.29 km²100% commune
- Montirat4.68 km²35% commune
- Argens-Minervois4.46 km²100% commune
- Floure4.42 km²100% commune
- Sainte-Valière3.91 km²58% commune
- Roquecourbe-Minervois3.66 km²100% commune
- Raissac-d'Aude3.52 km²53% commune
- Ginestas3.47 km²36% commune
- Villarzel-Cabardès3.44 km²53% commune
- Homps2.50 km²100% commune
- Aigues-Vives1.84 km²14% commune
- Cabrespine1.53 km²8% commune
- Minerve1.41 km²5% commune
- Montlaur1.14 km²3% commune
- Fajac-en-Val1.13 km²8% commune
- Albine1.07 km²6% commune
- Lacabarède0.97 km²7% commune
- Mas-des-Cours0.56 km²7% commune
- Bagnoles0.39 km²7% commune
- Castans0.28 km²2% commune
- Camplong-d'Aude0.24 km²2% commune
- Fabrezan0.23 km²1% commune
- Ferrals-les-Corbières0.22 km²1% commune
- Bize-Minervois0.22 km²1% commune
- Sauveterre0.08 km²1% commune
- La Caunette0.06 km²0% commune
- Lagrasse0.02 km²0% commune
- Ornaisons0.01 km²0% commune
- Mirepeisset0.00 km²0% commune
8 intersecting protected areas
Corbières occidentales
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
60.33 km² overlap
Les Causses du Minervois
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
54.83 km² overlap
Haut-Languedoc
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
32.23 km² overlap
Minervois
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
14.86 km² overlap
Gorges de la Clamoux
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.74 km² overlap
Land acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.06 km² overlap
Vallée de l'Orbieu
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.02 km² overlap
Corbière-Fenouillèdes
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 696 distinct species · 223 778 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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'Aude : 33 espèces + 6 bulles famille, 58 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 7.8%, 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°
13,7°C
Annual rain
699mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
527mm/an
PET
985mm
AET
587mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
230cm
Forest
17%
Crops
60%
Urban
2%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)