Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) · FRA
Causse du Larzac
- Area
- 295 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2008
Overview
- Designation
- Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
- Established
- 2008
- Managing authority
- See European Environment Agency Geospatial Data Catalogue for more information - https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/be2142b0-7dc4-42e3-afac-f7cc5f1a9ac6
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 865 distinct species · 89 129 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 Causse du Larzac : 34 espèces + 4 bulles famille, 53 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 7.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 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).
Hydrology3 basins · 0 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
37,9km
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
2 621km²
Discharge in basins
7,2m³/s
Mean precip.
734mm/an
Mean T°
12,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,24
Max snow
5%
Mean runoff
650mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
368m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Ruisseau de Sorbsord 2len here13.03 km80%total16 km
- La Visord 4len here10.30 km17%total61 km
- La Lergueord 3len here3.16 km15%total21 km
- Ruisseau de Font d'Amansord 1len here2.99 km55%total5 km
- Ruisseau de la Fagetteord 1len here2.82 km60%total5 km
- Ruisseau du Pouxord 1len here2.80 km80%total3 km
- Pont-canalord 3len here2.40 km66%total4 km
- Rieu Secord 1len here0.39 km13%total3 km
- La Virenqueord 3len here0.01 km0%total29 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
- 43.83183, 3.40574
- Open in maps
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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.