Ruisseau· 6 segments
Leopoldkanaal
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Oost-Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen
Total length
41km
Max discharge
6,3m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
6
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- West-VlaanderenVlaanderen · Belgium15.8 kmin this dpt
- Oost-VlaanderenVlaanderen · Belgium5.3 kmin this dpt
14 intersecting protected areas
Poldercomplex
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Duingebieden inclusief Ijzermonding en Zwin
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Polders
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Krekengebied
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Kustbroedvogels te Zeebrugge-Heist
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Het Meetjeslands krekengebied West
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
NBP-WV-20-0213 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
De Baai van Heist, Sashul, Vuurtorenweide en Kleiputten van Heist
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
De Damse polders
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
5 more protected areassorted by area
NBP-WV-21-0305 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP/OV/20/0211 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
kh401
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
kh402
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
kh403
IUCN Not AssignedProtected Dunes (Flemish Region)
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Species present
2 934 distinct species · 52 125 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Leopoldkanaal : 25 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 128 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 19.2%, 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).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
41km
Max discharge
6,3m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
6
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.