Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) · GBR
Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary
- Area
- 610 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Assigned
- Year
- 2017
Overview
- Designation
- Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)
- Established
- 2017
- Managing authority
- OSPAR Commission
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
6 459 distinct species · 183 679 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary : 26 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 49 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 9.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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 · 28 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
13,2km
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
2 168km²
Discharge in basins
0,1m³/s
Mean precip.
1 123mm/an
Mean T°
8,1°C
Moisture idx
0,46
Max snow
12%
Mean runoff
939mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
151m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (28, ord ≥ 4)
- River Luneord 4len here4.29 km5%total79 km
- River Levenord 3len here2.31 km10%total23 km
- River Eskord 2len here1.96 km8%total25 km
- Calder Brookord 4len here1.68 km25%total7 km
- Dodge Gillord 1len here0.37 km3%total11 km
- River Kentord 1len here0.34 km21%total2 km
- Kirkby Poolord 1len here0.30 km20%total1 km
- River Cockerord 2len here0.28 km7%total4 km
- River Duddonord 3len here0.27 km2%total13 km
- River Irtord 2len here0.26 km2%total11 km
- River Keerord 2len here0.25 km2%total11 km
- Colton Beckord 1len here0.24 km6%total4 km
16 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Black Beckord 1len here0.21 km2%total9 km
- Dragley Beckord 2len here0.11 km4%total2 km
- River Crakeord 3len here0.09 km1%total11 km
- Holme Beckord 3len here0.05 km1%total6 km
- Soutergate Beckord 1len here0.05 km5%total1 km
- River Kentord 3len here0.04 km0%total24 km
- Burrow Beckord 1len here0.04 km1%total4 km
- River Winsterord 2len here0.02 km0%total15 km
- Kirkby Poolord 1len here0.02 km1%total4 km
- River Lickleord 1len here0.02 km0%total7 km
- Main Dykeord 1len here0.01 km0%total3 km
- Middlefield Beckord 1len here0.01 km0%total9 km
- Main Dykeord 1len here0.01 km0%total10 km
- Otter Poolord 2len here≈ tangenttotal4 km
- River Conderord 2len here≈ tangenttotal12 km
- Moor House Beckord 1len here≈ tangenttotal5 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
- 54.20095, -3.39814
- 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.