Ruisseau· 5 segments
L'Aix
Crosses 1 administrative regions : Loire
Total length
39km
Max discharge
3,7m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
5
River geography1 admin regions · 17 communes
1 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- LoireAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes · France33.0 kmin this dpt
17 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Saint-Germain-Laval7.55 km
- Pommiers6.92 km
- Juré4.65 km
- Saint-Martin-la-Sauveté3.67 km
- Saint-Marcel-d'Urfé3.56 km
- Nervieux1.74 km
- Saint-Just-en-Chevalet1.62 km
- Grézolles1.46 km
- Saint-Georges-de-Baroille1.02 km
- Saint-Julien-d'Oddes0.51 km
- Nollieux0.24 km
- Balbigny0.03 km
- Saint-Romain-d'Urfé0.00 km
- Sainte-Foy-Saint-Sulpice0.00 km
- Saint-Marcel-de-Félines0.00 km
- Luré0.00 km
- Cezay0.00 km
4 intersecting protected areas
Plaine du Forez
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Gorges de la Loire aval
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de la Loire
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Ruisseaux du Boën, Ban et Font d'Aix
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 5 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
1 296 distinct species · 10 121 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 L'Aix : 30 espèces reliées par 91 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
39km
Max discharge
3,7m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
5
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.