Rivière· 15 segments
Alzette
Crosses 7 administrative regions : Capellen, Diekirch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, Mersch +2
Total length
75km
Max discharge
13,2m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
15
River geography7 admin regions · 3 communes
7 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- MerschLuxembourg · Luxembourg20.5 kmin this dpt
- LuxembourgLuxembourg · Luxembourg11.7 kmin this dpt
- Esch-sur-AlzetteLuxembourg · Luxembourg10.5 kmin this dpt
- CapellenLuxembourg · Luxembourg6.4 kmin this dpt
- DiekirchDiekirch · Luxembourg3.8 kmin this dpt
- MoselleGrand Est · France3.6 kmin this dpt
- Meurthe-et-MoselleGrand Est · France0.1 kmin this dpt
3 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Audun-le-Tiche3.57 km
- Villerupt0.13 km
- Russange0.00 km
30 intersecting protected areas
Vallée de la Mamer et de l'Eisch
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
ZSC - Natura 2000
Région du Lias moyen
IUCN IVZPS - Natura 2000
Région du Lias moyen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
ZPS - Natura 2000
Vallées de l'Attert, de la Pall, de la Schwébech, de l'Aeschbech et de la Wëllerbaach
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
ZSC - Natura 2000
Gréngewald
IUCN IIProtected Area
Grunewald
IUCN IVZSC - Natura 2000
21 more protected areassorted by area
Grunewald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Béik
IUCN VIReglemented drinking water protection zones
ZSC - Natura 2000
ZPS - Natura 2000
ZPS - Natura 2000
Vallée supérieure de l'Alzette
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Esch-sur-Alzette Sud-est - Anciennes minières / Ellergronn
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Esch-sur-Alzette Sud-est - Anciennes minières / Ellegronn
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Katzebour/SCC-1-49
IUCN VIReglemented drinking water protection zones
Mandelbaach-Reckenerwald
IUCN IIProtected Area
Reglemented drinking water protection zones
Reglemented drinking water protection zones
Lauterbour/SCS-207-15
IUCN VIReglemented drinking water protection zones
Reglemented drinking water protection zones
Reglemented drinking water protection zones
Vallées de la Sûre, de la Wiltz, de la Clerve et du Lellgerbaach
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Pulvermühle/SCC-1-56
IUCN VIReglemented drinking water protection zones
Roeserbann
IUCN IIProtected Area
Campingwee/FCC-707-01
IUCN VIReglemented drinking water protection zones
Bois de Bettembourg
IUCN IVZSC - Natura 2000
Protected Area
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Species present
4 640 distinct species · 70 325 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 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 Alzette : 19 espèces + 5 bulles famille, 34 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 12.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 5 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).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
75km
Max discharge
13,2m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
15
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.