Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · irl
Lough Corrib
- Area
- 177 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1996
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1996
- Managing authority
- Full information available from the Ramsar Sites Information Service (RSIS) website - https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/846
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 387 distinct species · 9 710 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 Lough Corrib : 27 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 88 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 14.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology7 basins · 1 lakes · 10 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
32,6km
Lake surface here
159,64km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
3 058km²
Discharge in basins
64,4m³/s
Mean precip.
1 157mm/an
Mean T°
9,4°C
Moisture idx
0,48
Max snow
17%
Mean runoff
1 147mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
72m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Owenriff Riversub-area451,6 km²overlap77.73 km²44%
- Bassin de Bealan Na Brock Riversub-area177 km²overlap41.03 km²23%
- Bassin de Finny Riversub-area390,3 km²overlap38.60 km²22%
- Bassin de Black Riversub-area205,2 km²overlap9.63 km²5%
- Bassin de Claresub-area1 200,3 km²overlap7.40 km²4%
- Basin #40450sub-area2,4 km²overlap2.43 km²1%
- Bassin de Corribsub-area20,2 km²overlap0.43 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (10, ord ≥ 4)
- Cornamonaord 2len here10.65 km81%total13 km
- Drimneenord 4len here6.83 km63%total11 km
- Cregg Riverord 1len here4.01 km34%total12 km
- Failmore Riverord 3len here2.63 km20%total13 km
- Corribord 5len here2.59 km37%total7 km
- Clareord 4len here2.18 km2%total96 km
- Black Riverord 3len here1.85 km4%total45 km
- Cong Canalord 4len here0.75 km9%total9 km
- Grange Riverord 3len here0.71 km3%total24 km
- Owenwee Riverord 1len here0.37 km23%total2 km
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
- 53.42335, -9.17464
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.