National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion · fra
Mercantour [Aire D\'Adhésion]
- Area
- 1 122 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1979
Overview
- Designation
- National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1979
- Managing authority
- French Ministry in charge of the environment. In march 2012, name, acronym and address as follows : Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, des Transports et du Logement (MEDDTL) 92055 La Défense Cedex France. For national parks network,
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
13 412 distinct species · 637 169 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Mercantour [Aire D\'Adhésion] : 17 espèces + 8 bulles famille, 35 interactions GloBI documentées sur 6 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 8 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).
Hydrology15 basins · 0 lakes · 67 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
333,3km
Basins crossed
15
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
2 239km²
Discharge in basins
21,7m³/s
Mean precip.
1 028mm/an
Mean T°
7,0°C
Moisture idx
0,29
Max snow
37%
Mean runoff
582mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 450m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de la Royasub-area673,9 km²overlap324.06 km²29%
- Bassin de l'Ubayesub-area1 002 km²overlap175.57 km²16%
- Bassin du Varsub-area415,9 km²overlap163.18 km²15%
- Bassin du Verdonsub-area2 238,8 km²overlap142.32 km²13%
- Bassin de la Vésubiesub-area386,3 km²overlap136.63 km²12%
- Bassin de la Tinéesub-area744 km²overlap114.64 km²10%
- Bassin du Varsub-area429,9 km²overlap58.91 km²5%
- Bassin de Torrente Argentinasub-area899,1 km²overlap2.27 km²0%
- Bassin de Stura di Demontesub-area614 km²overlap1.32 km²0%
6 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Torrente Mairasub-area715,2 km²overlap1.03 km²0%
- Bassin de Torrente Gesso della Vallettasub-area554,3 km²overlap0.94 km²0%
- Bassin de la Vaïresub-area242,6 km²overlap0.85 km²0%
- Bassin de la Bléonesub-area908,9 km²overlap0.32 km²0%
- Bassin de Tanarosub-area1 780,5 km²overlap0.07 km²0%
- Bassin du Paillonsub-area410,9 km²overlap0.06 km²0%
Rivers / streams (67, ord ≥ 4)
- Le Varord 4len here31.53 km21%total147 km
- La Royaord 3len here31.50 km63%total50 km
- La Bévéraord 3len here19.55 km55%total36 km
- La Vésubieord 3len here17.36 km59%total29 km
- La Tinéeord 3len here15.85 km20%total80 km
- La Gordolasqueord 3len here9.46 km67%total14 km
- Le Bachelardord 2len here8.80 km58%total15 km
- Vallon d'Anguironord 1len here8.42 km99%total9 km
- Le Boréonord 2len here8.10 km70%total11 km
- Le Tuébiord 2len here8.08 km100%total8 km
- Ravin de Chatelasord 1len here7.89 km100%total8 km
- Ravin de Valclauveord 1len here7.28 km100%total7 km
55 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Vallon de Lamentargheord 1len here6.85 km99%total7 km
- Ruisseau de Caïrosord 2len here6.76 km65%total10 km
- Le Verdonord 4len here6.45 km5%total117 km
- Ravin de La Tourord 2len here6.45 km100%total6 km
- Vallon de Challandreord 2len here6.00 km92%total7 km
- Vallon de Conchasord 1len here5.92 km100%total6 km
- Valon d'Antonyord 1len here5.55 km98%total6 km
- Vallon de la Magliaord 1len here5.38 km100%total5 km
- Ravin de Maison Méaneord 2len here4.41 km100%total4 km
- Ruisseau de Vionèneord 1len here4.38 km55%total8 km
- Le Caïnéord 3len here4.22 km100%total4 km
- L'Ubayeord 5len here4.20 km10%total42 km
- Torrent de Bouchiersord 2len here4.03 km77%total5 km
- Le Bourdousord 1len here3.90 km93%total4 km
- Ravin du Vallonetord 1len here3.88 km53%total7 km
- Vallon d'Aigue Blancheord 1len here3.88 km100%total4 km
- Vallon de Mergilord 1len here3.70 km100%total4 km
- Le Bouchierord 1len here3.59 km67%total5 km
- Vallon de Casterinoord 2len here3.43 km100%total3 km
- L'Archasord 2len here3.41 km100%total3 km
- Le Riou de la Bollèneord 1len here3.31 km100%total3 km
- Le Riou Torord 2len here3.27 km100%total3 km
- Vallon de la Minièreord 1len here3.23 km46%total7 km
- Vallon d'Amenord 1len here3.22 km100%total3 km
- Ruisseau de Valmasqueord 1len here2.88 km40%total7 km
- Torrent Rouchouzeord 1len here2.87 km100%total3 km
- Réfréiord 2len here2.75 km100%total3 km
- Torrent des Agneliersord 1len here2.73 km100%total3 km
- Ruisseau de la Caussinièraord 1len here2.68 km55%total5 km
- Le Rioord 2len here2.64 km77%total3 km
- Ravin de la Moutièreord 1len here2.48 km75%total3 km
- Ruisseau de la Coumbaord 2len here2.43 km58%total4 km
- Vallon des Graùsord 2len here2.39 km75%total3 km
- Vallon de Fontanalbaord 1len here2.07 km100%total2 km
- La Bieugneord 3len here2.04 km68%total3 km
- La Barlatteord 1len here2.00 km23%total9 km
- Vallon de Carlevaord 1len here1.97 km100%total2 km
- La Peïraord 2len here1.94 km94%total2 km
- L'Orrenayeord 1len here1.85 km100%total2 km
- La Chasseord 3len here1.72 km19%total9 km
- Riou du Pinetord 1len here1.64 km100%total2 km
- Vallon de Tireboeuford 3len here1.39 km100%total1 km
- Bendolaord 3len here1.39 km100%total1 km
- La Vionèneord 1len here1.19 km100%total1 km
- L'Ubayetteord 3len here1.14 km12%total10 km
- Ruisseau de Ratonord 1len here1.09 km59%total2 km
- Vallon de Mollièresord 3len here1.08 km7%total15 km
- Le Chadoulinord 2len here1.03 km100%total1 km
- Ruisseau de l'Arcaneord 1len here0.86 km42%total2 km
- Torrent des Thuilesord 3len here0.68 km15%total5 km
- L'Espaillartord 1len here0.48 km13%total4 km
- La Lévensaord 3len here0.37 km7%total5 km
- Ravin de Clignonord 1len here0.21 km25%total1 km
- Ruisseau de Durmiosesord 1len here0.06 km4%total2 km
- Torrent de Boureord 2len here≈ tangenttotal3 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 44.12649, 6.89659
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.