Emerald Network · isl
Mývatn-Laxá
- Area
- 153 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
Overview
- Designation
- Emerald Network 0
- Managing authority
- Umhverfisstofnun
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
694 distinct species · 49 101 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Mývatn-Laxá : 18 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 79 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 20.9%, 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).
Hydrology10 basins · 9 lakes · 8 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
41,3km
Lake surface here
45,30km²
Basins crossed
10
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
2 951km²
Discharge in basins
65,3m³/s
Mean precip.
898mm/an
Mean T°
1,5°C
Moisture idx
0,62
Max snow
68%
Mean runoff
705mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
336m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Sortulækursub-area221,1 km²overlap62.01 km²41%
- Bassin de Laxásub-area387,3 km²overlap34.84 km²23%
- Bassin de Grænilækursub-area37,6 km²overlap27.93 km²18%
- Basin #54350sub-area10,5 km²overlap7.45 km²5%
- Bassin de Krákásub-area839,1 km²overlap7.40 km²5%
- Bassin de Laxásub-area68,3 km²overlap5.55 km²4%
- Bassin de Litlaásub-area1 223,1 km²overlap3.36 km²2%
- Bassin de Seljahjallagilsub-area388,4 km²overlap1.70 km²1%
- Bassin de Reykjadalsásub-area271,7 km²overlap0.52 km²0%
1 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (9, top by area)
- Mývatnarea38,2 km²avg depth6.8 m
- Sandvatnarea3,5 km²avg depth11.9 m
- Grænavatnarea1,3 km²avg depth5.7 m
- Lac 1228222area0,4 km²avg depth4.9 m
- Lac 1228788area0,4 km²avg depth5.5 m
- Lac 1228508area0,4 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1224252area0,4 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1228808area0,2 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1228067area0,1 km²avg depth3.5 m
Rivers / streams (8, ord ≥ 4)
- Laxáord 5len here17.09 km32%total53 km
- Krákáord 4len here8.89 km23%total39 km
- Grænilækurord 5len here7.41 km100%total7 km
- Sortulækurord 1len here3.05 km95%total3 km
- Helluvaðsáord 5len here2.47 km12%total20 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
- 65.74824, -17.26276
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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.