Emerald Network · gbr
Lough Neagh and Lough Beg
- Area
- 408 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
Overview
- Designation
- Emerald Network 0
- Managing authority
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 665 distinct species · 45 807 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 Lough Neagh and Lough Beg : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 43 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology9 basins · 3 lakes · 15 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
89,9km
Lake surface here
383,27km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
5 722km²
Discharge in basins
187,3m³/s
Mean precip.
964mm/an
Mean T°
8,6°C
Moisture idx
0,39
Max snow
22%
Mean runoff
786mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
65m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Crumlinsub-area401,4 km²overlap124.58 km²31%
- Bassin de Upper Bannsub-area95,3 km²overlap72.81 km²18%
- Bassin de Mainesub-area958,9 km²overlap69.28 km²17%
- Bassin de Upper Bannsub-area80,6 km²overlap63.32 km²16%
- Bassin de Blackwatersub-area1 560,9 km²overlap27.67 km²7%
- Bassin de Lower Bannsub-area1 451,4 km²overlap27.56 km²7%
- Bassin de Ballinderrysub-area487,3 km²overlap12.28 km²3%
- Bassin de Upper Bannsub-area685,1 km²overlap10.10 km²2%
- Bassin de Upper Bannsub-area0,6 km²overlap0.62 km²0%
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (15, ord ≥ 4)
- Upper Bannord 5len here36.30 km29%total127 km
- Lower Bannord 5len here11.45 km12%total92 km
- Closet Riverord 2len here9.77 km65%total15 km
- Blackwaterord 4len here8.12 km6%total139 km
- Maineord 3len here7.20 km18%total41 km
- Moyolaord 5len here4.60 km11%total40 km
- Mill Raceord 3len here3.34 km19%total17 km
- Toome Canalord 1len here1.73 km96%total2 km
- Dunore Riverord 1len here1.63 km18%total9 km
- Glenavyord 2len here1.46 km9%total16 km
- Crumlinord 2len here1.30 km8%total17 km
- Ballinderry Riverord 1len here1.02 km9%total11 km
3 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
- 54.62072, -6.40542
- Open in maps
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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.