Rivière· 7 segments
Leibeek
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Antwerpen, Vlaams Brabant
Total length
73km
Max discharge
8,7m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
7
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- Vlaams BrabantVlaanderen · Belgium35.6 kmin this dpt
- AntwerpenVlaanderen · Belgium4.5 kmin this dpt
30 intersecting protected areas
Demervallei
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Valleien van de Winge en de Motte met valleihellingen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Bossen van het zuidoosten van de Zandleemstreek
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
NBP-VB-20-0113 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
Het Meerdaalwoud
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
De Dijlevallei
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
Valleigebied tussen Melsbroek, Kampenhout, Kortemberg en Veltem
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
De Dijlevallei
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
21 more protected areassorted by area
De Demervallei ten westen van Aarschot
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
De Vallei van de Grote Nete benedenstrooms
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
Het Torfbroek-Silsombos-Kastanjebos
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
De Wingevallei
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
De Dijlevallei tussen Boortmeerbeek en Mechelen
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
Dijle-, Laan- en Ijsevallei
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
De Vallei van de Leibeek tussen Boortmeerbeek en Wespelaar
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
NBP-AN-19-0023 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
Het Hellebos - Snijsselsbos
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
De Eikelberg, Wijngaardberg, Beninksberg en \'s Hertogenheide
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-21-0022 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-23-0011 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-20-0013 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
NBP/AN/20/0214 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
De Molenbeek - Mollendaalbeek
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
Hagelandse Vallei
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-19-0020 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-21-0004 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-AN-19-0134 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-22-0047 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-AN-22-0138 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 7 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
2 406 distinct species · 80 507 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 Leibeek : 24 espèces + 8 bulles famille, 67 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 13.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 8 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
73km
Max discharge
8,7m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
7
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.