Ruisseau· 2 segments
Echelbeek
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Limburg, Vlaams Brabant
Total length
10km
Max discharge
0,3m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
2
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- LimburgVlaanderen · Belgium5.2 kmin this dpt
- Vlaams BrabantVlaanderen · Belgium1.1 kmin this dpt
17 intersecting protected areas
Vallei- en brongebied van de Zwarte Beek, Bolisserbeek en Dommel met heide en vengebieden
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Mangelbeek en heide- en vengebieden tussen Houthalen en Gruitrode
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Valleien van de Laambeek, Zonderikbeek, Slangebeek en Roosterbeek met vijvergebieden
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Vijvercomplex van Midden Limburg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Het Vijvergebied Midden-Limburg
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
De Mangel- en Winterbeek
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-18-0014 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-23-0108 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-20-0181 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
8 more protected areassorted by area
NBP-LI-20-0294 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
Vallei van de Mangelbeek
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-22-0163 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-23-0108 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
NBP/LI/19/0106 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-21-0006 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-21-0327 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
BANR-LI-05-0257 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
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Species present
3 320 distinct species · 181 291 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 Echelbeek : 35 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 117 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
10km
Max discharge
0,3m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
2
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.