Stórurð
IUCN IIINatural Monument · 2021
5 km²
Municipality · ISL
Austur-Hérað
Iceland
ETPolar, tundra(59 %)
Species observed
1 804
Observations
16 126
Area
1 564,4km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Austur-Hérað : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 64 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
30
Interactions affichées
64
Connectance
0.147
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
1 804 distinct species · 16 126 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
1,5°C
Annual rain
1 699mm
Warmest m°
11,8°C
Coldest m°
-7,8°C
Elevation: 393 m on average (min -21 m, max 1 061 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
1,5°C
Annual rain
1 699mm
Warmest month
11,8°C
Coldest month
-7,8°C
Mean alt.
393m
Min
-21m
Max
1 061m
Std. dev.
292m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
ETPolar, tundra(59 %)Polar
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Hydrology10 basins · 29 lakes · 44 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
430,7km
Lake surface here
52,86km²
Basins crossed
10
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
3 311km²
Discharge in basins
231,9m³/s
Mean precip.
1 346mm/an
Mean T°
1,4°C
Moisture idx
0,77
Max snow
64%
Mean runoff
1 325mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
402m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Grímsásub-area522,1 km²overlap504.76 km²32%
- Bassin de Selfljótsub-area298,3 km²overlap297.77 km²19%
- Bassin de Lagarfljótsub-area413,2 km²overlap202.95 km²13%
- Bassin de Lagarfljótsub-area547,9 km²overlap166.09 km²11%
- Bassin de Eyvindarásub-area178,5 km²overlap158.06 km²10%
- Bassin de Fjarðarásub-area1 994,2 km²overlap136.14 km²9%
- Bassin de Lagarfljótsub-area180,6 km²overlap72.95 km²5%
- Bassin de Lagarfljótsub-area17,7 km²overlap11.82 km²1%
- Bassin de Breiðdalsásub-area421 km²overlap10.81 km²1%
1 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (29, top by area)
- Lagarfljoiarea54,1 km²avg depth18.5 m
- Eiðavatnarea1,4 km²avg depth8.7 m
- Ódáðavötnarea1,4 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Skriðuvatnarea1,1 km²avg depth15.5 m
- Lac 1236616area0,6 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1231707area0,5 km²avg depth6.4 m
- Lac 1228614area0,4 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1230305area0,4 km²avg depth4.9 m
- Lac 1236602area0,4 km²avg depth2.9 m
20 more lakes
- Lac 1229266area0,4 km²avg depth4.6 m
- Lac 1229392area0,4 km²avg depth3.7 m
- Lac 1229306area0,2 km²avg depth4.5 m
- Lac 1229334area0,2 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1229428area0,2 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 1230327area0,2 km²avg depth4.7 m
- Lac 1228976area0,2 km²avg depth3.6 m
- Lac 1229489area0,2 km²avg depth3.7 m
- Lac 1230195area0,1 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lac 1230123area0,1 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1228903area0,1 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1234216area0,1 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1236913area0,1 km²avg depth4.8 m
- Lac 1237080area0,1 km²avg depth4.1 m
- Lac 1236058area0,1 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 1230309area0,1 km²avg depth6.0 m
- Lac 1230788area0,1 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lac 1236774area0,1 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1231781area0,1 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Lac 1229965area0,1 km²avg depth2.2 m
Rivers / streams (44, ord ≥ 4)
- Lagarfljótord 5len here82.35 km37%total225 km
- Grímsáord 5len here36.56 km100%total36 km
- Selfljótord 3len here33.09 km100%total33 km
- Bjarglandsáord 2len here28.44 km100%total28 km
- Eyvindaráord 3len here25.36 km96%total26 km
- Núpsáord 2len here19.19 km100%total19 km
- Geitdalsáord 3len here18.76 km100%total19 km
- Gilsáord 2len here18.57 km100%total19 km
- Jókaord 2len here13.48 km100%total13 km
- Uxalækurord 4len here11.43 km100%total11 km
- Jökulsáord 2len here10.00 km100%total10 km
- Innri Sauðáord 3len here9.99 km100%total10 km
32 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Illaáord 3len here8.80 km100%total9 km
- Keldakvislord 3len here8.56 km100%total9 km
- Eyrarteigsáord 2len here8.38 km100%total8 km
- Axaráord 2len here8.30 km100%total8 km
- Þveráord 2len here7.72 km64%total12 km
- Efrilaunáord 1len here7.69 km100%total8 km
- Stuttadalsáord 1len here7.49 km100%total7 km
- Selfljótord 2len here6.40 km100%total6 km
- Stórilækurord 1len here6.27 km100%total6 km
- Ljósáord 2len here5.21 km100%total5 km
- Bakkalækurord 1len here5.07 km95%total5 km
- Höfðaáord 1len here4.71 km100%total5 km
- Rangáord 5len here4.25 km13%total34 km
- Slenjaord 2len here3.91 km65%total6 km
- Tunguhagalækurord 1len here3.56 km100%total4 km
- Þórisáord 1len here3.46 km100%total3 km
- Innri-Lambadalsáord 1len here3.43 km100%total3 km
- Miðáord 3len here2.95 km100%total3 km
- Timburhöfðalækurord 1len here2.65 km100%total3 km
- Borgardalslækurord 4len here2.52 km100%total3 km
- Sauðáord 2len here2.44 km100%total2 km
- Hálslækurord 3len here1.90 km100%total2 km
- Vestdalsaord 2len here1.59 km25%total6 km
- Ytri-Sauðáord 3len here1.40 km8%total18 km
- Urðadalsáord 1len here1.18 km101%total1 km
- Engjalækurord 2len here1.17 km9%total13 km
- Gunnlaugsstaðalækurord 1len here1.16 km100%total1 km
- Glymjandadalsá fremriord 1len here0.99 km100%total1 km
- Stórilækurord 2len here0.12 km2%total7 km
- Neðrilaunáord 1len here0.10 km2%total5 km
- Hrafnsgerðisáord 1len here0.01 km0%total21 km
- Geirastaðakvíslord 5len here≈ tangenttotal4 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Protected areas1
IUCN III · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN