Site of Special Scientific Interest · gbr
Mallerstang-Swaledale Head
- Area
- 62 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1992
Overview
- Designation
- Site of Special Scientific Interest
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1992
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
955 distinct species · 4 776 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Mallerstang-Swaledale Head : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 112 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 15.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology3 basins · 0 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
11,2km
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
2 333km²
Discharge in basins
1,3m³/s
Mean precip.
860mm/an
Mean T°
8,2°C
Moisture idx
0,24
Max snow
15%
Mean runoff
655mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
193m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Birkdale Beckord 1len here2.92 km97%total3 km
- Piper Gutterord 2len here1.91 km71%total3 km
- Whitsundale Beckord 1len here1.79 km33%total5 km
- Little Sleddale Beckord 1len here1.68 km100%total2 km
- Rowantree Gillord 1len here1.48 km100%total1 km
- River Swaleord 4len here0.93 km1%total97 km
- Thwaite Beckord 1len here0.54 km12%total4 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
- 54.40343, -2.27109
- 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.