Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty · gbr
Forest Of Bowland
- Area
- 806 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1964
Overview
- Designation
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1964
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
6 728 distinct species · 411 352 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Forest Of Bowland : 18 espèces reliées par 113 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 17.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 18 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 · 3 lakes · 53 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
242,1km
Lake surface here
1,52km²
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
2 168km²
Discharge in basins
21,9m³/s
Mean precip.
1 190mm/an
Mean T°
8,4°C
Moisture idx
0,48
Max snow
12%
Mean runoff
900mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
174m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (53, ord ≥ 4)
- River Hodderord 3len here16.58 km100%total17 km
- Artle Beckord 4len here12.10 km100%total12 km
- Croasdale Brookord 2len here11.68 km100%total12 km
- River Roeburnord 1len here10.09 km100%total10 km
- Skirden Beckord 3len here9.80 km100%total10 km
- Mill Brookord 3len here9.55 km63%total15 km
- River Hindburnord 2len here9.14 km100%total9 km
- River Calderord 1len here8.13 km72%total11 km
- Langden Brookord 3len here7.79 km100%total8 km
- Losterdale Brookord 2len here7.06 km100%total7 km
- River Calderord 3len here6.30 km22%total29 km
- Marshaw Wyreord 1len here6.10 km100%total6 km
41 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- River Loudord 1len here5.97 km100%total6 km
- Kettles Beckord 3len here5.78 km100%total6 km
- River Luneord 4len here5.64 km7%total79 km
- Tarnbrook Wyreord 2len here5.43 km100%total5 km
- River Ribbleord 4len here5.39 km6%total93 km
- Jack Beckord 3len here5.36 km100%total5 km
- Pendle Waterord 3len here5.02 km28%total18 km
- River Wenningord 3len here4.44 km28%total16 km
- Bashall Brookord 1len here4.34 km76%total6 km
- Cam Brookord 2len here4.13 km80%total5 km
- Crossdale Beckord 2len here4.06 km100%total4 km
- River Brockord 4len here4.05 km65%total6 km
- River Dunsopord 2len here4.01 km100%total4 km
- River Conderord 2len here3.88 km33%total12 km
- Bridge House Beckord 1len here3.86 km100%total4 km
- Lancaster Canalord 2len here3.85 km17%total22 km
- Low Gillord 1len here3.67 km100%total4 km
- Calf Cloughord 1len here3.59 km100%total4 km
- Chipping Brookord 1len here3.50 km100%total4 km
- Folds Cloughord 1len here3.25 km100%total3 km
- Rye Cloughord 1len here3.13 km100%total3 km
- Black Bank Sikeord 2len here2.90 km100%total3 km
- Old Mill Raceord 3len here2.71 km100%total3 km
- Crook Beckord 1len here2.53 km69%total4 km
- Agden Beckord 1len here2.51 km81%total3 km
- New Gill Beckord 1len here2.43 km100%total2 km
- Fen Beckord 3len here2.30 km100%total2 km
- Foxdale Beckord 1len here2.03 km100%total2 km
- Holden Beckord 3len here2.00 km100%total2 km
- Whiteray Beckord 1len here1.90 km100%total2 km
- Keasden Beckord 1len here1.87 km100%total2 km
- Greystoneley Brookord 1len here1.81 km100%total2 km
- Gressingham Beckord 1len here1.76 km100%total2 km
- Cat Hole Sikeord 1len here1.72 km39%total4 km
- Eller Beckord 1len here1.35 km100%total1 km
- Downham Beckord 1len here1.24 km72%total2 km
- Grunsagill Beckord 1len here1.18 km44%total3 km
- River Grizedaleord 1len here1.16 km100%total1 km
- Wharfe Gill Sikeord 2len here1.08 km23%total5 km
- Dunnow Sykeord 3len here0.54 km100%total1 km
- Barclays Gill Sykeord 1len here0.41 km100%total0 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
- 53.98155, -2.52203
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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.