Ruisseau· 2 segments
Melsterbeek
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Limburg, Vlaams Brabant
Total length
35km
Max discharge
1,7m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
2
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- LimburgVlaanderen · Belgium8.8 kmin this dpt
- Vlaams BrabantVlaanderen · Belgium0.8 kmin this dpt
11 intersecting protected areas
Bossen en kalkgraslanden van Haspengouw
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Extended forest management plan (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-18-0014 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
Nieuwenhoven-Duras
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-20-0181 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
Het Vinne
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-22-0242 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-21-0014 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-21-0210 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
2 more protected areassorted by area
NBP-VB-21-0327 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-21-0014 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
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Species present
2 661 distinct species · 54 470 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Melsterbeek : 28 espèces reliées par 114 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 15.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
35km
Max discharge
1,7m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
2
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.