Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) · fra
Gorges de l'Hérault
- Area
- 217 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2011
Overview
- Designation
- Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
- Established
- 2011
- Managing authority
- See European Environment Agency Geospatial Data Catalogue for more information - https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/be2142b0-7dc4-42e3-afac-f7cc5f1a9ac6
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
5 408 distinct species · 140 098 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 Gorges de l'Hérault : 36 espèces + 3 bulles famille, 56 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 7.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 3 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology2 basins · 0 lakes · 21 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
87,6km
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
2 621km²
Discharge in basins
5,2m³/s
Mean precip.
734mm/an
Mean T°
12,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,24
Max snow
4%
Mean runoff
648mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
361m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (21, ord ≥ 4)
- L'Héraultord 4len here30.79 km25%total121 km
- La Buègesord 2len here14.11 km100%total14 km
- Canal de Gignacord 4len here7.65 km60%total13 km
- Le Lamalouord 2len here6.48 km37%total18 km
- Canal de Gignac, branche de Ceyrasord 4len here5.53 km56%total10 km
- Le Verdusord 1len here4.71 km100%total5 km
- Ruisseau de l'Ergueord 1len here3.10 km100%total3 km
- Ruisseau de la combe des Arboussetsord 1len here2.57 km100%total3 km
- Ruisseau de l'Aurelleord 4len here2.38 km91%total3 km
- Ruisseau de Lagamasord 1len here1.97 km39%total5 km
- Combe de Rastenciasord 4len here1.81 km100%total2 km
- Combe de Rastenclasord 1len here1.43 km100%total1 km
9 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Ruisseau de Rives Prèsord 4len here1.40 km68%total2 km
- Le Boisseronord 1len here1.32 km100%total1 km
- L'Alzonord 2len here0.65 km8%total8 km
- Siphon de Lagamasord 2len here0.59 km9%total7 km
- La Lergueord 3len here0.42 km2%total21 km
- Ruisseau des Matesord 1len here0.30 km6%total5 km
- Rieu Tordord 1len here0.18 km4%total4 km
- Ruisseau de l'Avencord 1len here0.12 km3%total5 km
- Ruisseau des Corbièresord 2len here0.04 km1%total9 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
- 43.78086, 3.61522
- 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.