Nature Park · PRT
Ria Formosa
- Area
- 179 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1978
Overview
- Designation
- Nature Park
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1978
- Managing authority
- Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, http://www.icnf.pt/portal
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
4 069 distinct species · 437 809 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Ria Formosa : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology1 basins · 5 lakes · 13 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
41,9km
Lake surface here
0,99km²
Basins crossed
1
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
1 731km²
Discharge in basins
0,1m³/s
Mean precip.
526mm/an
Mean T°
16,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,52
Mean runoff
288mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
125m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (5, top by area)
Rivers / streams (13, ord ≥ 4)
- Ribeira da Goldraord 1len here6.94 km39%total18 km
- Ribeira de Bela-Mandilord 1len here6.38 km60%total11 km
- Ribeira de Marchilord 2len here4.64 km63%total7 km
- Ribeira de São Lourençoord 1len here4.05 km100%total4 km
- Ribeira de Marimord 1len here3.76 km55%total7 km
- Rio Secoord 2len here3.07 km18%total17 km
- Ribeira de Fornalhaord 1len here3.03 km35%total9 km
- Ribeira do Almargemord 2len here2.40 km23%total10 km
- Rio Gilãoord 3len here2.01 km24%total8 km
- Canal de Olhãoord 1len here1.75 km100%total2 km
- Regueira da Água Quenteord 1len here1.75 km100%total2 km
- Ribeira dos Mosqueirosord 1len here1.50 km31%total5 km
1 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- 37.06853, -7.71551
- 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.