Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · dza
Chott Merouane et Oued Khrouf
- Area
- 3 244 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2001
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 2001
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
84 distinct species · 168 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 Chott Merouane et Oued Khrouf : 15 espèces reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 17.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology12 basins · 31 lakes · 2 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
66,9km
Lake surface here
317,39km²
Basins crossed
12
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
55 448km²
Discharge in basins
1,1m³/s
Mean precip.
84mm/an
Mean T°
21,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,95
Mean runoff
5mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
27m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #02530sub-area2 083,1 km²overlap1701.16 km²52%
- Basin #00110sub-area1 236,8 km²overlap587.15 km²18%
- Bassin de Canal Oued Righsub-area894,4 km²overlap510.64 km²16%
- Basin #00350sub-area3 281 km²overlap253.31 km²8%
- Bassin de واد الرتمsub-area1 725,4 km²overlap63.16 km²2%
- Basin #07940sub-area520,8 km²overlap42.97 km²1%
- Bassin de Oued Itelsub-area85,4 km²overlap23.80 km²1%
- Basin #99830sub-area1 988,2 km²overlap23.12 km²1%
- Basin #00280sub-area203,5 km²overlap16.96 km²1%
Lakes (31, top by area)
- شط ملغيغ ⵛⵛⴻⵟ ⵎⴻⵍⵖⵉⵖarea280,8 km²avg depth2.4 m
- شط ملغيغ ⵛⵛⴻⵟ ⵎⴻⵍⵖⵉⵖarea9,9 km²avg depth1.6 m
- شط ملغيغ ⵛⵛⴻⵟ ⵎⴻⵍⵖⵉⵖarea4,8 km²avg depth1.3 m
- شط ملغيغ ⵛⵛⴻⵟ ⵎⴻⵍⵖⵉⵖarea4,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #74852area3,1 km²avg depth2.3 m
- شط ملغيغ ⵛⵛⴻⵟ ⵎⴻⵍⵖⵉⵖarea2,1 km²avg depth1.3 m
- شط ملغيغ ⵛⵛⴻⵟ ⵎⴻⵍⵖⵉⵖarea2,1 km²avg depth1.5 m
- شط ملغيغ ⵛⵛⴻⵟ ⵎⴻⵍⵖⵉⵖarea1,9 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1373203area0,9 km²avg depth2.2 m
22 more lakes
- Lac 1373168area0,7 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1373162area0,7 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1373149area0,6 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1373182area0,6 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1373143area0,5 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1373206area0,5 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1373152area0,5 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1373114area0,4 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1373117area0,4 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1373093area0,4 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1373176area0,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1373036area0,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1373167area0,3 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1373153area0,3 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1373161area0,3 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1373219area0,2 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1373129area0,2 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1373180area0,2 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1373224area0,2 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1373170area0,2 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1373125area0,2 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1373179area0,2 km²avg depth1.6 m
Rivers / streams (2, ord ≥ 4)
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
- 33.89262, 6.22084
- 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.