Rivière· 7 segments
Elbbach
Crosses 4 administrative regions : Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Westerwaldkreis
Total length
72km
Max discharge
43,3m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
7
River geography4 admin regions · 0 communes
4 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- Limburg-WeilburgHessen · Germany14.4 kmin this dpt
- WesterwaldkreisRheinland-Pfalz · Germany13.0 kmin this dpt
- Altenkirchen (Westerwald)Rheinland-Pfalz · Germany9.9 kmin this dpt
- Rhein-Lahn-KreisRheinland-Pfalz · Germany1.3 kmin this dpt
16 intersecting protected areas
Westerwald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Auenverbund Lahn-Dill
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Secker Weiher –Wiesensee
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Westerwälder Kuppenland
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Landscape Protection Area
Sieg
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Abbaugebiete Dornburg-Thalheim
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Graureiher-Kolonie
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Elbbachtal
IUCN IVNature Reserve
7 more protected areassorted by area
Elbbachtal
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Steinerother Kopf
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Elbbachaue östlich von Elz
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Westerwaldgrube bei Thalheim
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Im Seifenwald
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Hasenwiese
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Thalheimer Kiesgrube
IUCN IVNature Reserve
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Species present
761 distinct species · 2 979 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Elbbach : 24 espèces reliées par 110 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 14.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 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
72km
Max discharge
43,3m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
7
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.