Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · irl
Inner Galway Bay
- Area
- 133 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1996
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1996
- Managing authority
- National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Galway County Council. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. Marine Institute.
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 085 distinct species · 95 777 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Inner Galway Bay : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 79 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology9 basins · 6 lakes · 5 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
3,2km
Lake surface here
3,08km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
3 058km²
Discharge in basins
1,9m³/s
Mean precip.
1 103mm/an
Mean T°
9,7°C
Moisture idx
0,44
Max snow
16%
Mean runoff
992mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
46m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Aille Riversub-area437,3 km²overlap24.41 km²18%
- Bassin de Ballynamangh Riversub-area120,7 km²overlap22.34 km²17%
- Basin #54920sub-area44,5 km²overlap8.33 km²6%
- Bassin de Abhainn Ghabhlasub-area883,1 km²overlap4.12 km²3%
- Bassin de Rafordsub-area360,8 km²overlap0.56 km²0%
- Bassin de Clarinsub-area137 km²overlap0.30 km²0%
- Basin #54940sub-area0,7 km²overlap0.23 km²0%
- Bassin de Owendalulleeghsub-area420,3 km²overlap0.21 km²0%
- Bassin de Corribsub-area20,2 km²overlap0.05 km²0%
Lakes (6, top by area)
Rivers / streams (5, ord ≥ 4)
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
- 53.19884, -9.00246
- 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.