Ontologia

Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · irq

Central Marshes

Ib · Zone de nature sauvage2 205 km²Established 2014
Key facts
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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

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).

Espèces affichées
30
Interactions affichées
38
Connectance
0.087
Patrimoniales
3
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

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

Rivers / streams (15, ord ≥ 4)

3 more river segments

Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10

Location

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Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)

Centroid
31.19883, 46.99525
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.