National Scenic Area · gbr
Kyle of Tongue
- Area
- 245 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1980
Overview
- Designation
- National Scenic Area
- Established
- 1980
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 495 distinct species · 27 478 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 Kyle of Tongue : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 103 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 16.3%, 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).
Hydrology3 basins · 9 lakes · 17 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
54,7km
Lake surface here
3,47km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
11 364km²
Discharge in basins
0,1m³/s
Mean precip.
1 521mm/an
Mean T°
7,5°C
Moisture idx
0,66
Max snow
22%
Mean runoff
1 655mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
212m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (9, top by area)
- Loch Loyalarea6,6 km²avg depth13.6 m
- Loch Hopearea6,3 km²avg depth14.1 m
- Loch an Dithreibharea1,9 km²avg depth14.1 m
- Lac 1299588area0,5 km²avg depth4.1 m
- Lac 1299306area0,4 km²avg depth6.4 m
- Lac 1299381area0,4 km²avg depth7.5 m
- Lac 1299664area0,2 km²avg depth4.9 m
- Lac 1299221area0,2 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Lac 1298810area0,2 km²avg depth4.5 m
Rivers / streams (17, ord ≥ 4)
- Rhian Burnord 1len here9.10 km100%total9 km
- Kinloch Riverord 2len here6.66 km100%total7 km
- Allt Merkanord 1len here5.96 km85%total7 km
- Allt Loch Fhionnaichord 3len here5.46 km100%total5 km
- Allt na Luibe Moireord 1len here5.13 km100%total5 km
- Allt Ach an t-Srathainord 2len here5.03 km100%total5 km
- Allt a' Choire Leacaichord 1len here2.63 km100%total3 km
- Allt Torr an Tairbhord 1len here2.33 km75%total3 km
- Allt Mhodsairighord 1len here1.68 km78%total2 km
- An t-Alltan Deargord 1len here1.61 km32%total5 km
- Achuvoldrach Burnord 1len here1.59 km26%total6 km
- Alltan na Creigeord 1len here1.51 km51%total3 km
5 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- 58.46096, -4.45721
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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.