Ruisseau
Kanaal Dessel-Kwaadmechelen
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Antwerpen, Limburg
Total length
16km
Max discharge
0,5m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- AntwerpenVlaanderen · Belgium9.8 kmin this dpt
- LimburgVlaanderen · Belgium1.9 kmin this dpt
13 intersecting protected areas
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
NBP-LI-18-0019 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
De Maat - Den Diel - Buitengoor
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
De Molse Nete
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
NBP-AN-20-0253 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-AN-17-0033
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
NBP-AN-20-0164 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
NBP-AN-23-0011 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
NBP-AN-23-0011 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
4 more protected areassorted by area
NBP-ANB-23-0001 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
NBP-AN-20-0002 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
NBP-AN-20-0164 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-AN-19-0025
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
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Species present
2 661 distinct species · 87 396 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Kanaal Dessel-Kwaadmechelen : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 88 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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
16km
Max discharge
0,5m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.