Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · irq
Hammar Marsh
- Area
- 1 788 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2014
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 2014
- Managing authority
- Center for Restoration of Iraqi Marshlands and Wetlands (CRIMW); Ministry of Water Resources.
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
42 distinct species · 66 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 Hammar Marsh : 14 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 0 bulles famille, 12 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 13.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology9 basins · 2 lakes · 12 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
77,4km
Lake surface here
0,61km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
736 296km²
Discharge in basins
349,2m³/s
Mean precip.
102mm/an
Mean T°
24,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,94
Mean runoff
17mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
11m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de شط المالحsub-area2 313,2 km²overlap1382.96 km²77%
- Bassin de شط المالحsub-area1 675,9 km²overlap112.45 km²6%
- Bassin de الفراتsub-area1 021,7 km²overlap109.21 km²6%
- Bassin de قناة البدعةsub-area1 796,9 km²overlap68.50 km²4%
- Bassin de قناة البدعةsub-area1 847,7 km²overlap54.91 km²3%
- Bassin de الفراتsub-area977,6 km²overlap44.79 km²3%
- Bassin de الفراتsub-area56 km²overlap10.70 km²1%
- Bassin de شط العربsub-area423,4 km²overlap4.22 km²0%
- Bassin de شط المالحsub-area1 408,8 km²overlap0.28 km²0%
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (12, ord ≥ 4)
- قناة البدعةord 4len here21.38 km13%total164 km
- المصب العامord 8len here14.18 km3%total496 km
- نهر الغميجord 1len here7.96 km100%total8 km
- شط كرمة عليord 5len here7.34 km42%total17 km
- الفراتord 8len here6.86 km0%total3005 km
- نهر الدريord 5len here6.73 km100%total7 km
- نهر الدكبةord 2len here4.42 km56%total8 km
- نهر الجريفيةord 1len here2.69 km100%total3 km
- نهر مصبord 5len here2.45 km36%total7 km
- كرمة النواشيord 1len here1.42 km23%total6 km
- شط المالحord 4len here1.07 km1%total171 km
- نهر ضعيفord 3len here0.92 km8%total11 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
- 30.77170, 46.92094
- 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.