Emerald Network · gbr
Essex Estuaries
- Area
- 461 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
Overview
- Designation
- Emerald Network 0
- Managing authority
- Natural England
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
4 089 distinct species · 169 423 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 Essex Estuaries : 34 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology3 basins · 1 lakes · 16 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
32,9km
Lake surface here
0,01km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
991km²
Discharge in basins
0,3m³/s
Mean precip.
555mm/an
Mean T°
9,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,18
Max snow
8%
Mean runoff
290mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
23m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (16, ord ≥ 4)
- River Crouchord 2len here9.96 km29%total35 km
- River Roachord 2len here9.22 km54%total17 km
- Little Ditchord 1len here3.79 km87%total4 km
- Brightlingsea Creekord 2len here2.70 km39%total7 km
- Strood Channelord 1len here2.24 km98%total2 km
- Elmstead Brookord 1len here1.64 km19%total9 km
- Mundon Creekord 1len here0.60 km54%total1 km
- River Blackwaterord 3len here0.52 km3%total17 km
- Bradwell Brookord 1len here0.47 km22%total2 km
- Asheldham Brookord 1len here0.43 km5%total9 km
- Bentley Brookord 1len here0.42 km13%total3 km
- Pyefleet Channelord 1len here0.33 km46%total1 km
4 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- 51.67724, 1.02365
- 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.