Ruisseau
Kikbeek
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Limburg, Stein
Total length
5km
Max discharge
0,3m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
14 intersecting protected areas
NNN-LI
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserves owned by professional nature management organizations
De Hoge Kempen
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
Mechelse Heide en vallei van de Ziepbeek
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
De Mechelse Heide en de Vallei van de Ziepbeek
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
NBP-LI-23-0115 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
Uiterwaarden langs de Limburgse Maas met Vijverbroek
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Grensmaas
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Grensmaas
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
De Grensmaas Zuid
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
5 more protected areassorted by area
NBP-LI-20-0172 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-20-0295 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-20-0172 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-17-0009 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-21-0019 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
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Species present
3 459 distinct species · 118 040 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 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 Kikbeek : 41 espèces reliées par 107 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
5km
Max discharge
0,3m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.