HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080583680
Bassin de la Clamoux
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 : Aude, Tarn
Sub-basin area
248,8km²
Upstream area
248,8km²
Discharge
4,26m³/s
Mean elev.
465m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 246.0 km²98.7% of basin
- 3.2 km²1.3% of basin
40 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Cabrespine16.62 km²92% commune
- Conques-sur-Orbiel16.25 km²61% commune
- Castans15.90 km²93% commune
- Villeneuve-Minervois14.99 km²61% commune
- Les Martys14.94 km²77% commune
- Fournes-Cabardès13.62 km²100% commune
- Labastide-Esparbairenque12.77 km²77% commune
- Miraval-Cabardes12.33 km²100% commune
- Salsigne11.60 km²100% commune
- Villardonnel11.20 km²65% commune
- Villegly10.37 km²100% commune
- Limousis10.27 km²100% commune
- Mas-Cabardès9.18 km²97% commune
- Roquefère8.49 km²98% commune
- Villanière6.97 km²97% commune
- Villalier6.72 km²89% commune
- Sallèles-Cabardès6.41 km²100% commune
- Bouilhonnac5.88 km²100% commune
- Bagnoles5.47 km²93% commune
- Malves-en-Minervois5.23 km²100% commune
- La Tourette-Cabardès4.47 km²85% commune
- Pradelles-Cabardès4.45 km²21% commune
- Trassanel4.38 km²100% commune
- Les Ilhes4.01 km²100% commune
- Cuxac-Cabardès3.47 km²14% commune
- Villarzel-Cabardès3.11 km²47% commune
- Lastours2.97 km²100% commune
- Labruguière2.24 km²4% commune
- Trèbes1.49 km²8% commune
- Laure-Minervois1.37 km²3% commune
- Mazamet0.92 km²1% commune
- Villedubert0.73 km²20% commune
- Aragon0.18 km²1% commune
- Citou0.16 km²1% commune
- Saint-Amans-Soult0.05 km²0% commune
- Albine0.03 km²0% commune
- Lespinassière0.01 km²0% commune
- Caunes-Minervois0.01 km²0% commune
- Rustiques0.01 km²0% commune
- Aiguefonde0.01 km²0% commune
3 intersecting protected areas
Gorges de la Clamoux
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
7.85 km² overlap
Haut-Languedoc
IUCN VRegional Nature Park
2.23 km² overlap
Grotte Du Gaougnas
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
0.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 767 distinct species · 77 586 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Clamoux : 26 espèces + 7 bulles famille, 60 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 11.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 7 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°
12,0°C
Annual rain
803mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
519mm/an
PET
929mm
AET
649mm
Mean slope
9,5°
Water table
366cm
Forest
58%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)