Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · isl
Myvatn-Laxá region
- Area
- 662 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1977
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1977
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
966 distinct species · 70 006 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 Myvatn-Laxá region : 16 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 70 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 21.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology12 basins · 16 lakes · 12 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
106,4km
Lake surface here
48,17km²
Basins crossed
12
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
2 951km²
Discharge in basins
109,6m³/s
Mean precip.
990mm/an
Mean T°
1,0°C
Moisture idx
0,65
Max snow
68%
Mean runoff
732mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
455m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Laxásub-area387,3 km²overlap148.46 km²22%
- Bassin de Krákásub-area839,1 km²overlap143.49 km²22%
- Basin #54610sub-area727,4 km²overlap109.64 km²17%
- Bassin de Sortulækursub-area221,1 km²overlap92.75 km²14%
- Bassin de Seljahjallagilsub-area388,4 km²overlap84.88 km²13%
- Bassin de Grænilækursub-area37,6 km²overlap37.86 km²6%
- Bassin de Reykjadalsásub-area271,7 km²overlap21.33 km²3%
- Basin #54350sub-area10,5 km²overlap10.54 km²2%
- Bassin de Laxásub-area68,3 km²overlap5.55 km²1%
Lakes (16, top by area)
- Mývatnarea38,2 km²avg depth6.8 m
- Másvatnarea3,8 km²avg depth13.8 m
- Sandvatnarea3,5 km²avg depth11.9 m
- Sandvatnarea2,3 km²avg depth8.7 m
- Grænavatnarea1,3 km²avg depth5.7 m
- Lac 1229894area0,6 km²avg depth6.0 m
- Lac 1228222area0,4 km²avg depth4.9 m
- Lac 1228788area0,4 km²avg depth5.5 m
- Lac 1228508area0,4 km²avg depth4.4 m
Rivers / streams (12, ord ≥ 4)
- Krákáord 4len here36.81 km93%total39 km
- Helluvaðsáord 5len here20.25 km100%total20 km
- Laxáord 5len here19.80 km38%total53 km
- Suðuráord 4len here7.56 km25%total30 km
- Grænilækurord 5len here7.41 km100%total7 km
- Austurgilsáord 1len here5.09 km100%total5 km
- Sortulækurord 1len here3.23 km100%total3 km
- Grjótáord 1len here2.03 km97%total2 km
- Laugagróford 1len here1.79 km69%total3 km
- Grundaráord 5len here1.53 km35%total4 km
- Eyvindarlækurord 3len here0.87 km7%total13 km
- Mýrarkvíslord 3len here≈ tangenttotal6 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
- 65.65838, -16.96882
- 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.