HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080587970
Bassin de la Garonne
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 across 2 countries : Ariège, Haute-Garonne, Huesca, Lleida
Sub-basin area
677,1km²
Upstream area
677,1km²
Discharge
11,9m³/s
Mean elev.
1 693m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 550.7 km²81.2% of basin
- 125.9 km²18.6% of basin
- 0.9 km²0.1% of basin
- 0.8 km²0.1% of basin
28 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Melles35.10 km²76% commune
- Boutx23.38 km²49% commune
- Fos18.76 km²100% commune
- Marignac11.46 km²88% commune
- Arlos9.37 km²100% commune
- Saint-Béat7.29 km²100% commune
- Bezins-Garraux7.26 km²86% commune
- Argut-Dessous2.67 km²100% commune
- Lez2.66 km²100% commune
- Eup2.39 km²100% commune
- Cierp-Gaud1.91 km²13% commune
- Chaum1.13 km²20% commune
- Gouaux-de-Luchon0.78 km²6% commune
- Sentein0.49 km²1% commune
- Bagnères-de-Luchon0.46 km²1% commune
- Arguenos0.31 km²3% commune
- Saint-Lary0.28 km²1% commune
- Sode0.20 km²4% commune
- Artigue0.19 km²2% commune
- Saint-Mamet0.15 km²1% commune
- Moncaup0.14 km²2% commune
- Juzet-de-Luchon0.12 km²2% commune
- Antras0.08 km²0% commune
- Sengouagnet0.06 km²0% commune
- Baren0.06 km²2% commune
- Burgalays0.04 km²1% commune
- Fronsac0.03 km²1% commune
- Montauban-de-Luchon0.00 km²0% commune
30 intersecting protected areas
Baish Aran
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
124.05 km² overlap
Baish Aran
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
124.05 km² overlap
Sant Joan de Toran
IUCN VProtection Plan
94.08 km² overlap
Aigüestortes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
82.98 km² overlap
Aigüestortes
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
82.98 km² overlap
Haute vallée de la Garonne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
78.30 km² overlap
Haute vallée de la Garonne
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
78.30 km² overlap
Parque Nacional de Aiguestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
67.93 km² overlap
Aigüestortes
IUCN VProtection Plan
67.92 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Artiga de Lin, Era
IUCN VProtection Plan
67.18 km² overlap
Era Artiga de Lin-Eth Portilhon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
66.16 km² overlap
Era Artiga de Lin-Eth Portilhon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
66.16 km² overlap
Protection Plan
29.77 km² overlap
Zones rupestres xérothermiques du bassin de Marignac, Saint-Béat, pic du Gar, montagne de Rié
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
21.22 km² overlap
Naut Aran
IUCN VProtection Plan
21.08 km² overlap
Alt Pallars
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
17.94 km² overlap
Alt Pallars
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
17.94 km² overlap
Marimanha
IUCN VProtection Plan
12.81 km² overlap
Eth Portilhon
IUCN VProtection Plan
6.26 km² overlap
Alt Pirineu
IUCN VProtection Plan
5.12 km² overlap
Alt Pirineu
IUCN VNatural Park
5.11 km² overlap
Burat
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
4.86 km² overlap
Baish Aran
IUCN IVNature Reserve (Parcial)
3.85 km² overlap
Arribèra deth Garona
IUCN VProtection Plan
2.13 km² overlap
Riu Garona
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2.13 km² overlap
Nacional Park
1.27 km² overlap
Posets - Maladeta
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
1.05 km² overlap
Posets - Maladeta
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1.05 km² overlap
Posets-Maladeta
IUCN VNatural Park
1.02 km² overlap
Protection Plan
0.98 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 893 distinct species · 373 582 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Garonne : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 57 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 11.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
5,2°C
Annual rain
1 206mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,41
Runoff
417mm/an
PET
681mm
AET
636mm
Mean slope
24,6°
Water table
923cm
Forest
78%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
46%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)