HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080073530
Bassin de Layou River
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 32 administrative regions : Anse-Bertrand, Baie-Mahault, Baillif, Basse-Terre, Bouillante +27
Sub-basin area
2 575,6km²
Upstream area
2 575,6km²
Discharge
3,4m³/s
Mean elev.
216m
Administrative coverage
32 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Petit-BourgBasse-Terre · Guadeloupe130.4 km²5.1% of basin
- Sainte-RoseBasse-Terre · Guadeloupe124.6 km²4.9% of basin
- Capesterre-Belle-EauBasse-Terre · Guadeloupe103.9 km²4.0% of basin
- Le MoulePointe-à-Pitre · Guadeloupe84.0 km²3.3% of basin
- Sainte-AnnePointe-à-Pitre · Guadeloupe80.8 km²3.1% of basin
- Petit-CanalPointe-à-Pitre · Guadeloupe74.9 km²2.9% of basin
- Les AbymesPointe-à-Pitre · Guadeloupe71.7 km²2.8% of basin
- Morne-à-L'eauPointe-à-Pitre · Guadeloupe67.7 km²2.6% of basin
24 moreFull L2 list
- Lamentin65.7 km² · 2.6%
- Anse-Bertrand64.8 km² · 2.5%
- Saint-François61.7 km² · 2.4%
- Vieux-Habitants60.0 km² · 2.3%
- Pointe-Noire59.8 km² · 2.3%
- Goyave59.6 km² · 2.3%
- Saint-Louis58.2 km² · 2.3%
- Grand-Bourg55.0 km² · 2.1%
- Baie-Mahault48.1 km² · 1.9%
- Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante46.7 km² · 1.8%
- Le Gosier46.0 km² · 1.8%
- Port-Louis44.4 km² · 1.7%
- Bouillante43.9 km² · 1.7%
- Saint-Claude33.9 km² · 1.3%
- Deshaies32.2 km² · 1.3%
- Trois-Rivières32.1 km² · 1.2%
- Baillif24.5 km² · 1.0%
- La Désirade22.9 km² · 0.9%
- Gourbeyre22.8 km² · 0.9%
- Vieux-Fort7.9 km² · 0.3%
- Terre-De-Haut7.2 km² · 0.3%
- Terre-De-Bas7.1 km² · 0.3%
- Basse-Terre4.8 km² · 0.2%
- Pointe-à-Pitre2.9 km² · 0.1%
30 intersecting protected areas
Guadeloupe
IUCN Not ReportedSpecially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)
1180.77 km² overlap
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
962.09 km² overlap
Guadeloupe
IUCN IINational Park - Core Area
196.58 km² overlap
Agoa
IUCN Not ReportedSpecially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)
179.39 km² overlap
Etangs des Salines
IUCN IIISpecially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)
107.27 km² overlap
Morne Trois Pitons National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
66.99 km² overlap
Morne Trois Pitons
IUCN IINational Park
66.94 km² overlap
Northern
IUCN VIForest Reserve
54.75 km² overlap
Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin de la Guadeloupe
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
38.08 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Morne Diablotin
IUCN IINational Park
33.36 km² overlap
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
12.96 km² overlap
Riviere Salee - Golconde
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
10.21 km² overlap
Nord de la Grande Terre (du)
IUCN IVForest Managed Biological Reserve
7.44 km² overlap
Perrin - Gressier - Babin
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
5.28 km² overlap
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
4.37 km² overlap
Marais De Port Louis
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
4.33 km² overlap
Welch - Bois Ferme
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
4.27 km² overlap
Central
IUCN VIForest Reserve
4.19 km² overlap
Marais Et Bois De Folle Anse
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
4.14 km² overlap
Petite Terre
IUCN Not ReportedSpecially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)
4.09 km² overlap
Iles De La Petite Terre
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
4.08 km² overlap
Folle Anse
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
3.87 km² overlap
Terre-De-Haut
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
3.51 km² overlap
Monts Caraibes
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
3.13 km² overlap
Baie Du Lamentin
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.54 km² overlap
Pointe A Bacchus
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.51 km² overlap
Marie Therese
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.49 km² overlap
Jarry -Houelbourg
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.45 km² overlap
Cabrits
IUCN IINational Park
2.43 km² overlap
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
2.39 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 007 distinct species · 382 941 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 Layou River : 23 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 42 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.5%, 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
2 132mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,27
Runoff
682mm/an
PET
1 398mm
AET
1 257mm
Mean slope
8,6°
Water table
240cm
Forest
35%
Crops
2%
Urban
10%
Protected
53%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)