Emerald Network · gbr
Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd
- Area
- 661 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
Overview
- Designation
- Emerald Network 0
- Managing authority
- Natural Resources Wales
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
8 748 distinct species · 251 015 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd : 29 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology5 basins · 0 lakes · 14 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
19,3km
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
1 320km²
Discharge in basins
0,8m³/s
Mean precip.
1 143mm/an
Mean T°
9,8°C
Moisture idx
0,47
Max snow
13%
Mean runoff
1 049mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
123m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (14, ord ≥ 4)
- River Loughorord 3len here6.31 km31%total20 km
- River Towyord 4len here4.93 km6%total88 km
- River Tâford 4len here2.36 km9%total27 km
- Afon Lliword 2len here1.90 km11%total17 km
- Gwendraeth Fawrord 2len here1.24 km5%total26 km
- Morlais Riverord 1len here1.05 km36%total3 km
- Gwendraeth Fachord 2len here0.44 km4%total10 km
- River Coranord 1len here0.39 km12%total3 km
- River Cywynord 3len here0.18 km1%total15 km
- Ford's Lakeord 2len here0.17 km3%total6 km
- Railsgate Pillord 1len here0.14 km6%total2 km
- Afon Lliediord 2len here0.13 km1%total14 km
2 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- 51.66939, -4.50021
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.