Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) · PRT
Monchique
- Area
- 761 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2008
Overview
- Designation
- Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
- Established
- 2008
- Managing authority
- See European Environment Agency Geospatial Data Catalogue for more information - https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/be2142b0-7dc4-42e3-afac-f7cc5f1a9ac6
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 689 distinct species · 84 214 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Monchique : 31 espèces reliées par 111 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 14.2%, 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).
Hydrology3 basins · 2 lakes · 26 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
146,9km
Lake surface here
0,69km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
1 572km²
Discharge in basins
5,9m³/s
Mean precip.
537mm/an
Mean T°
16,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,50
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
317mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
165m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (26, ord ≥ 4)
- Ribeira de Odeloucaord 3len here25.11 km38%total66 km
- Ribeira de Monchiqueord 1len here13.46 km100%total13 km
- Rio Seixeord 3len here12.29 km65%total19 km
- Ribeira da Cercaord 2len here11.05 km69%total16 km
- Ribeira da Pernaord 1len here9.26 km100%total9 km
- Ribeira da Vagarosaord 2len here7.14 km70%total10 km
- Ribeira do Lameiroord 2len here6.93 km100%total7 km
- Ribeiro do Carvalhoord 1len here6.32 km100%total6 km
- Ribeira de Seixeord 1len here5.98 km100%total6 km
- Rio Aradeord 4len here5.05 km10%total53 km
- Ribeiro Queimadinhoord 2len here4.58 km83%total6 km
- Ribeira de Odiáxereord 2len here4.15 km17%total24 km
14 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Ribeira das Alfambrasord 3len here4.02 km43%total9 km
- Ribeira do Cerradoord 1len here3.96 km93%total4 km
- Ribeira dos Besteirosord 1len here3.80 km100%total4 km
- Ribeira do Ruivoord 1len here3.70 km100%total4 km
- Ribeira da Ameirinhaord 1len here3.20 km29%total11 km
- Ribeira Secaord 1len here3.10 km99%total3 km
- Ribeira do Monte Novoord 1len here2.87 km100%total3 km
- Ribeira das Águas Alvasord 2len here2.34 km100%total2 km
- Ribeira de Boinaord 4len here2.12 km25%total9 km
- Ribeiro de Beriafátimaord 1len here1.94 km100%total2 km
- Ribeira do Arroioord 2len here1.77 km100%total2 km
- Barranco do Olho Pusanesord 1len here1.52 km100%total2 km
- Barranco da Galéord 1len here0.69 km101%total1 km
- Barranco do Sobralinhoord 2len here0.52 km18%total3 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
- 37.37363, -8.58202
- 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.