Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · ner
Parc national du W
- Area
- 3 851 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ia
- Year
- 1987
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- Ia · Réserve naturelle intégrale
Protection stricte, accès limité aux fins scientifiques
- Established
- 1987
- Managing authority
- Direction de la Faune, de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 062 distinct species · 12 980 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 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 Parc national du W : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 4 bulles famille, 29 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 10.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology18 basins · 0 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
603,9km
Basins crossed
18
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
716 275km²
Discharge in basins
3 212,6m³/s
Mean precip.
668mm/an
Mean T°
28,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,67
Mean runoff
65mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
238m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Nigersub-area774,3 km²overlap707.10 km²18%
- Bassin de Mékrousub-area1 353,7 km²overlap587.08 km²15%
- Bassin de Tapoasub-area572,1 km²overlap508.03 km²13%
- Bassin du Diamangousub-area4 462,3 km²overlap495.48 km²13%
- Bassin du Nigersub-area282,5 km²overlap281.41 km²7%
- Bassin de Dallol Bossosub-area614,7 km²overlap273.28 km²7%
- Bassin du Nigersub-area232,6 km²overlap231.71 km²6%
- Bassin du Nigersub-area187,7 km²overlap186.98 km²5%
- Bassin de Ruisseausub-area932 km²overlap181.22 km²5%
9 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Mékrousub-area1 670 km²overlap160.64 km²4%
- Bassin de Ruisseausub-area1 001,1 km²overlap132.77 km²3%
- Bassin du Nigersub-area237 km²overlap30.90 km²1%
- Bassin du Nigersub-area131,9 km²overlap25.15 km²1%
- Bassin de Tapoasub-area96,4 km²overlap17.30 km²0%
- Bassin de Tapoasub-area52,1 km²overlap14.16 km²0%
- Bassin du Nigersub-area12,5 km²overlap12.30 km²0%
- Bassin de Dallol Bossosub-area161,4 km²overlap4.87 km²0%
- Bassin du Gouroubisub-area322,7 km²overlap0.56 km²0%
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
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
- 12.36549, 2.42661
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.