Central Marshes
IUCN IbWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2014
2 205 km²
Province · irq
Iraq
Species observed
152
Observations
450
Area
17 341,7km²
Sample of 34 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).
Tissu écologique de Maysan : 25 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 54 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.6%, 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).
152 distinct species · 450 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
26,2°C
Annual rain
203mm
Warmest m°
46,2°C
Coldest m°
6,7°C
Elevation: 15 m on average (min 0 m, max 233 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
7,8
Org. C
6,5g/kg
Clay
35,4%
Sand
17,9%
Silt
46,7%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 250,4km
Lake surface here
374,27km²
Basins crossed
48
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
459 416km²
Discharge in basins
16 015,2m³/s
Mean precip.
180mm/an
Mean T°
23,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,90
Mean runoff
28mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
53m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
10,3nW
Built-up
15,2%
Pesticides
17,6kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2014
2 205 km²
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2016
2 114 km²
National Park · 2013
1 396 km²
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2007
1 374 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN