Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN IINational Park · 2009
14 970 km²
Municipality · ISL
Norður-Hérað
Iceland
ETPolar, tundra(92 %)
Species observed
1 488
Observations
27 289
Area
6 981,8km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Norður-Hérað : 18 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 44 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
29
Interactions affichées
44
Connectance
0.108
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
1 488 distinct species · 27 289 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
-0,1°C
Annual rain
1 377mm
Warmest m°
9,9°C
Coldest m°
-9,3°C
Elevation: 700 m on average (min -13 m, max 1 872 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
-0,1°C
Annual rain
1 377mm
Warmest month
9,9°C
Coldest month
-9,3°C
Mean alt.
700m
Min
-13m
Max
1 872m
Std. dev.
321m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
ETPolar, tundra(92 %)Polar
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Hydrology28 basins · 50 lakes · 52 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 045,3km
Lake surface here
90,49km²
Basins crossed
28
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
7 551km²
Discharge in basins
594,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 354mm/an
Mean T°
-0,2°C
Moisture idx
0,78
Max snow
96%
Mean runoff
1 085mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
709m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Jöklasub-area1 498,4 km²overlap1413.03 km²20%
- Bassin de Jöklasub-area741,7 km²overlap706.71 km²10%
- Bassin de Jökulsá á Fjöllumsub-area1 304,4 km²overlap674.45 km²10%
- Bassin de Kreppasub-area657,9 km²overlap655.86 km²9%
- Bassin de Hofsásub-area1 135,7 km²overlap579.53 km²8%
- Bassin de Kreppasub-area604,9 km²overlap553.08 km²8%
- Bassin de Skarðsásub-area548,5 km²overlap461.20 km²7%
- Bassin de Sauðasub-area374,5 km²overlap347.10 km²5%
- Bassin de Hölknàsub-area286,2 km²overlap288.06 km²4%
19 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Hrafnkelasub-area193,3 km²overlap194.54 km²3%
- Bassin de Reykjarásub-area179,5 km²overlap180.69 km²3%
- Bassin de Jökulsá á Fjöllumsub-area417,1 km²overlap152.85 km²2%
- Bassin de Lagarfljótsub-area413,2 km²overlap150.03 km²2%
- Bassin de Eyvindarásub-area165,9 km²overlap149.76 km²2%
- Bassin de Jöklasub-area108,5 km²overlap109.26 km²2%
- Bassin de Jökulsá á Fjöllumsub-area453,3 km²overlap108.30 km²2%
- Bassin de Lagarfljótsub-area830,5 km²overlap70.27 km²1%
- Bassin de Dalsásub-area255,8 km²overlap58.38 km²1%
- Bassin de Hrútásub-area1 106 km²overlap32.38 km²0%
- Bassin de Jöklasub-area27,9 km²overlap28.03 km²0%
- Bassin de Jökulsá á Fjöllumsub-area355,1 km²overlap27.61 km²0%
- Bassin de Selásub-area726,5 km²overlap22.21 km²0%
- Bassin de Steinavötnsub-area1 325,9 km²overlap6.61 km²0%
- Bassin de Jökulsá á Fjöllumsub-area2 165,7 km²overlap4.13 km²0%
- Basin #58570sub-area3,9 km²overlap2.75 km²0%
- Bassin de Stórilækursub-area1 695 km²overlap2.58 km²0%
- Bassin de Lagarfljótsub-area17,7 km²overlap2.55 km²0%
- Bassin de Lagarfljótsub-area180,6 km²overlap0.04 km²0%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Hálslónarea56,4 km²avg depth19.2 m
- Ánavatnarea4,2 km²avg depth9.4 m
- Báruvatnarea3,8 km²avg depth10.5 m
- Þríhyrningsvatnarea3,6 km²avg depth12.6 m
- Sænautavatnarea2 km²avg depth7.4 m
- Mórauðavatnarea1,5 km²avg depth5.3 m
- Gripdeildarea1,5 km²avg depth5.3 m
- Þorbergsvatnarea1,1 km²avg depth13.1 m
- Langhólmavatnarea1 km²avg depth4.3 m
41 more lakes
- Lac 1230218area1 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1232518area0,9 km²avg depth6.1 m
- Lac 1229850area0,9 km²avg depth5.3 m
- Lac 1236248area0,8 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lac 1232151area0,8 km²avg depth5.7 m
- Lac 1232998area0,8 km²avg depth4.7 m
- Lac 1232674area0,6 km²avg depth3.7 m
- Lac 1227353area0,5 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lac 1234853area0,5 km²avg depth6.6 m
- Lac 1229951area0,5 km²avg depth10.9 m
- Lac 1229660area0,5 km²avg depth4.8 m
- Lac 1230025area0,5 km²avg depth5.3 m
- Lac 1230841area0,4 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lac 1229394area0,4 km²avg depth5.9 m
- Lac 1231700area0,4 km²avg depth7.9 m
- Lac 1233436area0,3 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Lac 1231646area0,3 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Lac 1235905area0,3 km²avg depth4.9 m
- Lac 1237059area0,3 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1234501area0,3 km²avg depth4.9 m
- Lac 1232503area0,3 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lac 1232667area0,3 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Lac 1229905area0,3 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1230934area0,2 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1231935area0,2 km²avg depth5.7 m
- Lac 1231403area0,2 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 1232217area0,2 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Lac 1229849area0,2 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 1230594area0,2 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1232754area0,2 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Lac 1231462area0,2 km²avg depth5.2 m
- Lac 1231879area0,2 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 1232625area0,2 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1229009area0,2 km²avg depth7.3 m
- Lac 1230828area0,2 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lac 1229726area0,2 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 1229679area0,2 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lac 1229008area0,2 km²avg depth7.2 m
- Lac 1229265area0,2 km²avg depth4.6 m
- Lac 1237276area0,2 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lac 1230246area0,2 km²avg depth4.9 m
Rivers / streams (52, ord ≥ 4)
- Jöklaord 5len here247.73 km100%total247 km
- Kreppaord 4len here126.01 km95%total132 km
- Jökulsá á Fjöllumord 5len here108.00 km34%total317 km
- Gestreiðarstaðakvíslord 3len here45.96 km100%total46 km
- Hneflaord 3len here42.99 km100%total43 km
- Lagarfljótord 5len here36.04 km16%total225 km
- Hölknàord 5len here31.96 km100%total32 km
- Jökulkvíslord 4len here30.37 km100%total30 km
- Skarðsáord 4len here29.74 km100%total30 km
- Kaldáord 3len here28.26 km97%total29 km
- Kverkáord 4len here26.27 km100%total26 km
- Hrafnkelaord 5len here25.88 km100%total26 km
40 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Kringilsáord 5len here22.19 km100%total22 km
- Laxáord 2len here16.03 km100%total16 km
- Langadalsáord 2len here15.41 km100%total15 km
- Háfslækurord 2len here14.69 km100%total15 km
- Botnalækurord 1len here12.96 km100%total13 km
- Tunguáord 2len here12.12 km56%total22 km
- Tregagilsáord 2len here10.08 km100%total10 km
- Eyvindaráord 2len here9.02 km100%total9 km
- Sauðáord 2len here8.73 km100%total9 km
- Kollseyraord 3len here8.70 km100%total9 km
- Kaldaklofaáord 2len here8.69 km77%total11 km
- Lindáord 3len here8.36 km100%total8 km
- Fagradalsáord 2len here8.14 km100%total8 km
- Fögruhlíðaráord 2len here7.64 km100%total8 km
- Sauðaord 4len here7.46 km100%total7 km
- Laugaráord 2len here6.92 km55%total13 km
- Fögruhlíðaráord 2len here6.91 km100%total7 km
- Gilsáord 2len here6.83 km100%total7 km
- Ysti-Rjúkandiord 1len here5.83 km100%total6 km
- Rangáord 5len here5.63 km17%total34 km
- Garðáord 1len here5.46 km100%total5 km
- Vesturkvíslord 2len here5.43 km100%total5 km
- Reykjaráord 2len here5.24 km100%total5 km
- Laxárósord 1len here5.20 km100%total5 km
- Seláord 1len here4.64 km36%total13 km
- Hnjúksáord 5len here4.60 km100%total5 km
- Fremsti-Rjúkandiord 1len here4.09 km100%total4 km
- Geirastaðakvíslord 5len here3.81 km100%total4 km
- Fossáord 1len here3.75 km100%total4 km
- Saudháord 2len here3.58 km41%total9 km
- Svartáord 5len here3.35 km100%total3 km
- Ærlækurord 2len here3.21 km85%total4 km
- Valagilsáord 1len here3.16 km100%total3 km
- Lagarfljótord 5len here2.35 km100%total2 km
- Hölknàord 1len here2.13 km100%total2 km
- Hofsáord 4len here1.33 km2%total66 km
- Seláord 3len here1.30 km2%total70 km
- Lindaáord 5len here0.67 km6%total11 km
- Bakkalækurord 1len here0.29 km5%total5 km
- Grafarlandaáord 5len here0.11 km0%total30 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Protected areas4
IUCN II · 1IUCN Not Reported · 1IUCN Not Applicable · 1IUCN IV · 1🌊 Marine · 3
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
14 968 km²
Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2019
14 340 km²
Kringilsárrani
IUCN IVNature Reserve · 2003
64 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN