Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty · gbr
North Wessex Downs
- Area
- 1 732 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1972
Overview
- Designation
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1972
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
9 668 distinct species · 1 051 618 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 North Wessex Downs : 14 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 138 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 36.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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 · 0 lakes · 19 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
265,4km
Basins crossed
10
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
7 212km²
Discharge in basins
45,8m³/s
Mean precip.
721mm/an
Mean T°
9,5°C
Moisture idx
0,05
Max snow
8%
Mean runoff
396mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
124m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de River Kennetsub-area1 126,3 km²overlap852.58 km²49%
- Bassin de River Thamessub-area460,1 km²overlap269.87 km²16%
- Bassin de River Testsub-area1 227,7 km²overlap255.92 km²15%
- Bassin de River Avonsub-area409,4 km²overlap164.63 km²10%
- Bassin de River Ocksub-area475 km²overlap78.94 km²5%
- Bassin de River Avonsub-area2 239,9 km²overlap42.03 km²2%
- Bassin de River Bournesub-area163,8 km²overlap41.29 km²2%
- Bassin de River Thamessub-area1 175,9 km²overlap24.71 km²1%
- Bassin de River Thamessub-area1 477,8 km²overlap2.36 km²0%
1 more basinssorted by overlap
Rivers / streams (19, ord ≥ 4)
- River Kennetord 3len here56.85 km73%total77 km
- River Lambournord 2len here42.12 km87%total48 km
- River Avonord 5len here30.47 km20%total153 km
- River Pangord 2len here24.04 km100%total24 km
- Bourne Rivuletord 2len here14.79 km90%total16 km
- River Ogord 2len here13.29 km100%total13 km
- River Swiftord 2len here13.11 km100%total13 km
- River Thamesord 5len here12.46 km4%total311 km
- Aldbourne Sreamord 2len here10.66 km100%total11 km
- River Dunord 2len here10.21 km100%total10 km
- Kennet and Avon Canalord 3len here8.73 km35%total25 km
- Shalbourne Brookord 2len here6.16 km100%total6 km
7 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Mill Brookord 1len here5.63 km40%total14 km
- River Bourneord 4len here4.85 km11%total43 km
- West Hendred Brookord 1len here3.89 km38%total10 km
- River Enborneord 2len here3.88 km12%total32 km
- Kennet and Avon Canalord 1len here2.29 km100%total2 km
- Letcombe Brookord 1len here1.13 km15%total8 km
- River Antonord 4len here0.87 km4%total21 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
- 51.43077, -1.65444
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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.