Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · irq
Central Marshes
- Area
- 2 205 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ib
- Year
- 2014
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- Ib · Zone de nature sauvage
Aire protégée pour la wilderness, faible accès humain
- Established
- 2014
- Managing authority
- Center for Restoration of Iraqi Marshlands and Wetlands (CRIMW); Ministry of Water Resources.
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
69 distinct species · 157 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Central Marshes : 25 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 38 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology6 basins · 2 lakes · 15 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
104,7km
Lake surface here
0,03km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
459 416km²
Discharge in basins
1 057,0m³/s
Mean precip.
123mm/an
Mean T°
24,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,93
Mean runoff
12mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
5m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de نهر الشيخةsub-area3 643,2 km²overlap1099.81 km²50%
- Bassin de الفراتsub-area1 021,7 km²overlap693.54 km²31%
- Basin #17700sub-area775 km²overlap212.41 km²10%
- Bassin de Shatt Al Gharratsub-area790 km²overlap129.44 km²6%
- Bassin de نهر طاهريةsub-area629,6 km²overlap42.36 km²2%
- Bassin de الفراتsub-area56 km²overlap27.06 km²1%
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (15, ord ≥ 4)
- Shatt Al Gharratord 3len here19.63 km57%total35 km
- الفراتord 8len here16.28 km1%total3005 km
- Shatt Al Gharraford 3len here11.02 km60%total18 km
- نهر أبو جاموساتord 4len here10.81 km100%total11 km
- نهر ابو سوباطord 8len here10.23 km74%total14 km
- نهر أبو جصانةord 3len here8.76 km86%total10 km
- نهر الهجانةord 4len here8.15 km100%total8 km
- نهر المنجورةord 4len here7.69 km100%total8 km
- نهر خيريord 1len here2.93 km100%total3 km
- نهر الوارزord 1len here2.69 km25%total11 km
- الكطاعord 3len here1.83 km75%total2 km
- نهر الترايةord 1len here1.56 km22%total7 km
3 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
- 31.19883, 46.99525
- 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.