Site of Special Scientific Interest · gbr
Parallel Roads of Lochaber
- Area
- 145 km²
- IUCN cat.
- III
- Year
- 1964
Overview
- Designation
- Site of Special Scientific Interest
- IUCN category
- III · Monument naturel
Caractéristique naturelle spécifique protégée
- Established
- 1964
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 373 distinct species · 8 316 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Parallel Roads of Lochaber : 23 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology2 basins · 2 lakes · 22 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
93,1km
Lake surface here
0,04km²
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
1 323km²
Discharge in basins
7,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 787mm/an
Mean T°
6,1°C
Moisture idx
0,71
Max snow
30%
Mean runoff
1 488mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
435m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (22, ord ≥ 4)
- River Royord 4len here15.22 km82%total19 km
- River Speanord 4len here14.30 km43%total33 km
- Allt Deargord 3len here9.38 km100%total9 km
- River Gloyord 1len here7.12 km100%total7 km
- Mucomir Cutord 4len here6.24 km83%total7 km
- Allt Glas Dhoireord 2len here5.06 km61%total8 km
- Allt Coire Ionndrainnord 2len here4.85 km94%total5 km
- Allt Chonnalord 2len here4.39 km54%total8 km
- Abhainn Fhionntaigord 2len here3.91 km42%total9 km
- River Trèigord 3len here3.66 km43%total9 km
- Feith Shiolord 2len here3.45 km54%total6 km
- River Turretord 1len here3.05 km75%total4 km
10 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Allt Leachdachord 1len here2.56 km56%total5 km
- Allt Achadh na Dalachord 1len here2.08 km33%total6 km
- Allt a' Chaorainnord 3len here1.76 km57%total3 km
- Allt Ruigh Ghobhainnord 1len here1.73 km23%total8 km
- Burn of Agieord 2len here1.18 km34%total4 km
- Caledonian Canalord 5len here1.18 km10%total11 km
- River Lundyord 2len here0.71 km6%total13 km
- Allt Chaorach Morord 2len here0.66 km15%total5 km
- River Speyord 5len here0.53 km0%total159 km
- Allt a' Bhalbhainord 3len here0.11 km4%total3 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
- 56.93584, -4.81701
- 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.