Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · prt
Mondego Estuary
- Area
- 15 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2005
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 2005
- Managing authority
- No single management authority. Several agencies share the management of this site. Main responsible authority: Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
494 distinct species · 25 649 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Mondego Estuary : 28 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 60 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology2 basins · 2 lakes · 4 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
9,6km
Lake surface here
1,63km²
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
6 656km²
Discharge in basins
4,7m³/s
Mean precip.
888mm/an
Mean T°
15,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,09
Max snow
2%
Mean runoff
485mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
67m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (4, ord ≥ 4)
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
- 40.12384, -8.82044
- 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.