The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2016
2 114 km²
District · IRQ
Iraq
Species observed
153
Observations
688
Area
2 387,4km²
Sample of 32 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).
Tissu écologique de Al Qurnah : 28 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
153 distinct species · 688 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
26,8°C
Annual rain
149mm
Warmest m°
46,6°C
Coldest m°
7,2°C
Elevation: 2 m on average (min -1 m, max 5 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
7,7
Org. C
10,0g/kg
Clay
35,0%
Sand
23,6%
Silt
41,4%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiM
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
222,7km
Lake surface here
25,62km²
Basins crossed
14
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
736 296km²
Discharge in basins
5 812,9m³/s
Mean precip.
136mm/an
Mean T°
24,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,92
Mean runoff
29mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
8m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
31,4nW
Built-up
30,8%
Pesticides
5,1kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2016
2 114 km²
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2014
1 788 km²
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2007
1 374 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN