Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty · gbr
Antrim Coast and Glens
- Area
- 725 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1988
Overview
- Designation
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Established
- 1988
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
4 450 distinct species · 60 516 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Antrim Coast and Glens : 35 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 93 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology3 basins · 3 lakes · 37 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
148,5km
Lake surface here
0,63km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
5 722km²
Discharge in basins
7,7m³/s
Mean precip.
1 138mm/an
Mean T°
8,0°C
Moisture idx
0,50
Max snow
18%
Mean runoff
889mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
141m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (37, ord ≥ 4)
- Glenshesk Riverord 2len here13.04 km100%total13 km
- Altuneigh Burnord 2len here12.04 km98%total12 km
- Braidord 2len here10.97 km31%total36 km
- Glenarmord 2len here9.85 km100%total10 km
- Cleggan Riverord 2len here8.21 km100%total8 km
- Glenariff Riverord 2len here7.27 km100%total7 km
- Owencloughy Waterord 1len here6.96 km100%total7 km
- Glenaan Riverord 1len here5.87 km100%total6 km
- Glenwhirry Riverord 2len here5.28 km54%total10 km
- Cary Riverord 3len here5.07 km97%total5 km
- Tow Riverord 1len here4.69 km71%total7 km
- Glen Burnord 1len here4.68 km69%total7 km
25 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Bushord 3len here4.68 km12%total40 km
- Glemakeeran Riverord 1len here4.46 km100%total4 km
- Ballyemonord 1len here4.27 km100%total4 km
- Glendun Riverord 2len here4.13 km100%total4 km
- Carnlough Riverord 1len here3.96 km96%total4 km
- Glencloy Riverord 2len here3.88 km100%total4 km
- Well Waterord 1len here3.54 km62%total6 km
- Inver Riverord 2len here3.14 km100%total3 km
- Legagrane Burnord 1len here3.00 km100%total3 km
- Killyglen Burnord 1len here2.81 km100%total3 km
- Douglas Burnord 1len here2.10 km45%total5 km
- Black Burnord 1len here2.00 km100%total2 km
- Dallord 2len here1.87 km100%total2 km
- Glenaanord 2len here1.34 km100%total1 km
- Breckagh Waterord 1len here1.27 km101%total1 km
- Doonan Waterord 1len here1.27 km101%total1 km
- Skeagh Waterord 1len here1.23 km100%total1 km
- Altmore Burnord 1len here1.23 km100%total1 km
- Linford Waterord 1len here1.20 km100%total1 km
- Cross Waterord 1len here0.80 km100%total1 km
- Ticloy Waterord 1len here0.70 km101%total1 km
- Cashel Burnord 1len here0.60 km52%total1 km
- Glenravel Waterord 2len here0.47 km16%total3 km
- Glen Burnord 1len here0.47 km9%total5 km
- Shelton Burnord 2len here0.18 km5%total3 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
- 55.01493, -6.10035
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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.