Emerald Network · gbr
Muirkirk and North Lowther Uplands
- Area
- 268 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
Overview
- Designation
- Emerald Network 0
- Managing authority
- Scottish Natural Heritage
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
963 distinct species · 3 858 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Muirkirk and North Lowther Uplands : 12 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 117 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 26.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 18 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology7 basins · 1 lakes · 22 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
54,8km
Lake surface here
0,00km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
1 302km²
Discharge in basins
9,9m³/s
Mean precip.
1 288mm/an
Mean T°
7,3°C
Moisture idx
0,55
Max snow
22%
Mean runoff
1 101mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
232m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de River Ayrsub-area577,3 km²overlap147.99 km²55%
- Bassin de River Nithsub-area1 232,4 km²overlap57.26 km²21%
- Bassin de River Clydesub-area781,5 km²overlap20.66 km²8%
- Bassin de Annick Watersub-area723,4 km²overlap14.90 km²6%
- Bassin de Avon Watersub-area274,5 km²overlap13.07 km²5%
- Bassin de Douglas Watersub-area171,2 km²overlap11.06 km²4%
- Bassin de River Nethansub-area349,6 km²overlap3.47 km²1%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (22, ord ≥ 4)
- Spango Waterord 2len here9.46 km98%total10 km
- Glenmuir Waterord 2len here6.93 km44%total16 km
- Pennel Burnord 1len here5.39 km95%total6 km
- Gass Waterord 1len here5.27 km62%total8 km
- Greenock Waterord 2len here3.97 km28%total14 km
- Guelt Waterord 1len here3.75 km60%total6 km
- Garpel Waterord 1len here3.69 km86%total4 km
- Laird's Burnord 1len here3.68 km39%total9 km
- Duneaton Waterord 3len here3.23 km15%total21 km
- Avon Waterord 3len here1.72 km4%total40 km
- Ponesk Burnord 1len here1.33 km35%total4 km
- River Ayrord 3len here1.21 km2%total64 km
10 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Crawick Waterord 3len here1.08 km10%total11 km
- Blindburnord 1len here0.89 km21%total4 km
- Douglas Waterord 3len here0.64 km3%total18 km
- Wanlock Waterord 2len here0.52 km7%total7 km
- River Nethanord 2len here0.48 km2%total31 km
- Burn o`Needord 1len here0.48 km8%total6 km
- Kiln Burnord 1len here0.48 km36%total1 km
- Cessnock Waterord 2len here0.32 km1%total32 km
- Whitecleuch Burnord 1len here0.28 km73%total0 km
- Logans Burnord 2len here≈ tangenttotal4 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
- 55.56099, -4.15369
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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.