Ruisseau
Gaers Leet
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Nord, West-Vlaanderen
Total length
6km
Max discharge
2,4m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
1
River geography2 admin regions · 8 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- NordHauts-de-France · France14.0 kmin this dpt
- West-VlaanderenVlaanderen · Belgium2.5 kmin this dpt
8 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Bray-Dunes4.55 km
- Dunkerque2.93 km
- Zuydcoote1.98 km
- Leffrinckoucke1.73 km
- Téteghem1.51 km
- Ghyvelde0.70 km
- Uxem0.60 km
- Coudekerque-Branche0.02 km
21 intersecting protected areas
Dunes de la plaine maritime flamande
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Duingebieden inclusief Ijzermonding en Zwin
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
De Westkust
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
Westkust
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
NBP-WV-22-0304 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
Dune du perroquet
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
Dune dewulf
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
Dune fossile
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
Dunes flandriennes décalcifiées de Ghyvelde
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
12 more protected areassorted by area
Dune Marchand
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
Dune marchand
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
NBP-WV-21-0134 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
p303
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
NBP-WV-22-0304 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
p409
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
p301
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
p302
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
p306
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
p408
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
p407
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
p406
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
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Species present
1 833 distinct species · 55 608 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Gaers Leet : 19 espèces reliées par 87 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 16.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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
6km
Max discharge
2,4m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
1
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.