Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty · gbr
Ring of Gullion
- Area
- 153 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1991
Overview
- Designation
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Established
- 1991
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 778 distinct species · 9 545 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Ring of Gullion : 29 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 90 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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 · 1 lakes · 10 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
29,4km
Lake surface here
0,56km²
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
2 373km²
Discharge in basins
0,6m³/s
Mean precip.
1 034mm/an
Mean T°
8,7°C
Moisture idx
0,42
Max snow
15%
Mean runoff
746mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
91m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (10, ord ≥ 4)
- Cully Waterord 2len here6.22 km56%total11 km
- Ballinn Riverord 1len here4.47 km100%total4 km
- Kilcurry Riverord 2len here3.55 km48%total7 km
- Newry Riverord 4len here3.41 km13%total26 km
- Bessbrook Riverord 2len here2.74 km30%total9 km
- Dorsy Riverord 1len here2.68 km46%total6 km
- Ummeracam Riverord 1len here2.38 km57%total4 km
- Flurry Riverord 1len here1.67 km21%total8 km
- Louth / Armaghord 1len here1.16 km49%total2 km
- River Flurryord 2len here1.11 km82%total1 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
- 54.12154, -6.42201
- 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.