Nature Reserve · isl
Fjallabak
- Area
- 446 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1979
Overview
- Designation
- Nature Reserve
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1979
- Managing authority
- Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
465 distinct species · 2 842 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Fjallabak : 19 espèces reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology4 basins · 15 lakes · 11 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
103,2km
Lake surface here
11,09km²
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
3 466km²
Discharge in basins
98,9m³/s
Mean precip.
1 493mm/an
Mean T°
1,6°C
Moisture idx
0,79
Max snow
67%
Mean runoff
2 007mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
628m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (15, top by area)
- Frostastaðavatnarea2,6 km²avg depth13.6 m
- Eskihlíðarvatnarea1,4 km²avg depth13.0 m
- Hrafnabjargarvatnarea1,3 km²avg depth12.6 m
- Kýlingavatnarea1,2 km²avg depth8.9 m
- Lac 1247352area0,9 km²avg depth8.1 m
- Lac 1246323area0,8 km²avg depth7.2 m
- Lac 1246360area0,6 km²avg depth10.4 m
- Lac 1246136area0,5 km²avg depth8.6 m
- Lac 1246559area0,5 km²avg depth9.9 m
Rivers / streams (11, ord ≥ 4)
- Jökulgilskvíslord 3len here34.69 km99%total35 km
- Tungnaáord 5len here17.59 km9%total188 km
- Markarfljótord 5len here15.53 km12%total126 km
- Helliskvíslord 3len here12.55 km32%total39 km
- Rauðfossakvíslord 3len here8.02 km100%total8 km
- Klukkugilskvíslord 1len here5.96 km100%total6 km
- Brennisteinsöldukvíslord 2len here3.40 km100%total3 km
- Ljósáord 2len here2.80 km19%total15 km
- Grashagakvíslord 2len here1.07 km12%total9 km
- Kirkjufellsósord 3len here0.85 km42%total2 km
- Klukkugilskjafturord 1len here0.76 km100%total1 km
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
- 64.00665, -19.17241
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.