Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · gbr
Lough Neagh & Lough Beg
- Area
- 502 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1976
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1976
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 154 distinct species · 86 576 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 & Lough Beg : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 52 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 12.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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 · 4 lakes · 19 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
123,0km
Lake surface here
384,08km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
5 722km²
Discharge in basins
192,6m³/s
Mean precip.
966mm/an
Mean T°
8,6°C
Moisture idx
0,39
Max snow
22%
Mean runoff
780mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
69m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Crumlinsub-area401,4 km²overlap147.67 km²29%
- Bassin de Mainesub-area958,9 km²overlap78.23 km²16%
- Bassin de Upper Bannsub-area95,3 km²overlap73.31 km²15%
- Bassin de Upper Bannsub-area80,6 km²overlap67.52 km²13%
- Bassin de Blackwatersub-area1 560,9 km²overlap55.68 km²11%
- Bassin de Upper Bannsub-area685,1 km²overlap36.07 km²7%
- Bassin de Lower Bannsub-area1 451,4 km²overlap29.72 km²6%
- Bassin de Ballinderrysub-area487,3 km²overlap12.72 km²3%
- Bassin de Upper Bannsub-area0,6 km²overlap0.62 km²0%
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (19, ord ≥ 4)
- Upper Bannord 5len here49.45 km39%total127 km
- Blackwaterord 4len here17.55 km13%total139 km
- Lower Bannord 5len here13.36 km14%total92 km
- Closet Riverord 2len here11.85 km79%total15 km
- Maineord 3len here7.20 km18%total41 km
- Mill Raceord 3len here6.98 km40%total17 km
- Moyolaord 5len here4.62 km11%total40 km
- Toome Canalord 1len here1.76 km98%total2 km
- Glenavyord 2len here1.69 km10%total16 km
- Dunore Riverord 1len here1.68 km18%total9 km
- Kennedy's Drainord 1len here1.57 km26%total6 km
- Crumlinord 2len here1.47 km9%total17 km
7 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Ballinderry Riverord 1len here1.00 km9%total11 km
- Ballinderryord 4len here0.80 km2%total52 km
- Crew Burnord 1len here0.76 km31%total2 km
- Coalisland Canalord 2len here0.70 km16%total4 km
- Six Mile Waterord 3len here0.29 km1%total25 km
- Fergusson Waterord 1len here0.22 km6%total4 km
- Duckingstool Riverord 1len here≈ tangenttotal3 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
- 54.64404, -6.39933
- 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.