Fleuve· 16 segments
Lek
Crosses 11 administrative regions : Buren, Culemborg, Houten, IJsselstein, Krimpenerwaard +6
Total length
62km
Max discharge
2 419,2m³/s
Max Strahler
7
Segments matched
16
River geography11 admin regions · 0 communes
11 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- VijfheerenlandenUtrecht · Netherlands10.0 kmin this dpt
- BurenGelderland · Netherlands7.7 kmin this dpt
- CulemborgGelderland · Netherlands6.7 kmin this dpt
- HoutenUtrecht · Netherlands4.5 kmin this dpt
- LopikUtrecht · Netherlands4.0 kmin this dpt
- Wijk bij DuurstedeUtrecht · Netherlands2.3 kmin this dpt
- IJsselsteinUtrecht · Netherlands1.5 kmin this dpt
- NieuwegeinUtrecht · Netherlands1.5 kmin this dpt
- RidderkerkZuid-Holland · Netherlands1.4 kmin this dpt
- KrimpenerwaardZuid-Holland · Netherlands0.9 kmin this dpt
- MolenlandenZuid-Holland · Netherlands0.0 kmin this dpt
11 intersecting protected areas
NNN-GE
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserves owned by professional nature management organizations
NNN-ZH
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserves owned by professional nature management organizations
NNN-UT
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserves owned by professional nature management organizations
Rijntakken
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
Rijntakken
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Boezems Kinderdijk
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Boezems Kinderdijk
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
Zouweboezem
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
Zouweboezem
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
2 more protected areassorted by area
Uiterwaarden Lek
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
Uiterwaarden Lek
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 16 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
3 200 distinct species · 241 379 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Lek : 21 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 19.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
62km
Max discharge
2 419,2m³/s
Max Strahler
7
Segments matched
16
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.