Area of Special Scientific Interest · gbr
Lough Neagh
- Area
- 395 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1992
Overview
- Designation
- Area of Special Scientific Interest
- Established
- 1992
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
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 : 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 · 1 lakes · 13 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
76,7km
Lake surface here
376,34km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
5 722km²
Discharge in basins
186,3m³/s
Mean precip.
962mm/an
Mean T°
8,6°C
Moisture idx
0,39
Max snow
22%
Mean runoff
785mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
63m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Crumlinsub-area401,4 km²overlap121.68 km²31%
- Bassin de Upper Bannsub-area95,3 km²overlap72.82 km²18%
- Bassin de Mainesub-area958,9 km²overlap69.24 km²18%
- Bassin de Upper Bannsub-area80,6 km²overlap63.33 km²16%
- Bassin de Blackwatersub-area1 560,9 km²overlap27.69 km²7%
- Bassin de Lower Bannsub-area1 451,4 km²overlap17.02 km²4%
- Bassin de Ballinderrysub-area487,3 km²overlap12.29 km²3%
- Bassin de Upper Bannsub-area685,1 km²overlap10.10 km²3%
- Bassin de Upper Bannsub-area0,6 km²overlap0.62 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (13, ord ≥ 4)
- Upper Bannord 5len here36.30 km29%total127 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 here1.74 km97%total2 km
- Dunore Riverord 1len here1.63 km18%total9 km
- Glenavyord 2len here1.46 km9%total16 km
- Crumlinord 2len here1.30 km8%total17 km
- Ballinderryord 4len here0.93 km2%total52 km
- Six Mile Waterord 3len here0.26 km1%total25 km
1 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
- 54.62071, -6.40547
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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.