Ruisseau
Elpe
Crosses 1 administrative regions : Hochsauerlandkreis
Total length
17km
Max discharge
0,5m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
River geography1 admin regions · 0 communes
1 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- HochsauerlandkreisNordrhein-Westfalen · Germany12.5 kmin this dpt
30 intersecting protected areas
LSG-Winterberg <Typ A>
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
LSG-Olsberg <Typ A>
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
LSG-Bestwig
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Ruhr
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
Landscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
21 more protected areassorted by area
Schluchtwälder bei Elpe
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
NSG Bestwiger Ruhrtal
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Höhlen und Stollen bei Olsberg und Bestwig
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Landscape Protection Area
LSG-Talsystem der Valme
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
NSG Im Hagen
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Nature Reserve
NSG Breberg
IUCN IVNature Reserve
NSG Elpe- und Bremecketal
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Landscape Protection Area
NSG Steinberg / Im Hagen
IUCN IVNature Reserve
NSG Ostenberg
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Landscape Protection Area
Nature Reserve
Nature Reserve
Nature Reserve
Nature Reserve
NSG Oberes Elpetal
IUCN IVNature Reserve
NSG Bremecke-Quellrinnsal
IUCN IVNature Reserve
NSG Kerbecker Siepen
IUCN IVNature Reserve
NSG Niedere Lenmecke
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 1 HydroRIVERS v10 segment). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
880 distinct species · 2 123 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Elpe : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 124 interactions GloBI sur 7 types (connectance 16.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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
17km
Max discharge
0,5m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.