Rivière· 18 segments
Schwarze Elster
Crosses 4 administrative regions : Bautzen, Elbe-Elster, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Wittenberg
Total length
178km
Max discharge
23,8m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
18
River geography4 admin regions · 0 communes
4 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- BautzenSachsen · Germany49.3 kmin this dpt
- Elbe-ElsterBrandenburg · Germany29.7 kmin this dpt
- Oberspreewald-LausitzBrandenburg · Germany10.3 kmin this dpt
- WittenbergSachsen-Anhalt · Germany0.0 kmin this dpt
25 intersecting protected areas
Westlausitz
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
Vogelschutzgebiet Annaburger Heide
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Elsteraue
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Bergbaufolgelandschaft bei Hoyerswerda
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Landscape Protection Area
Mittellauf der Schwarzen Elster
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
Kleine Elster und Niederungsbereiche
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
16 more protected areassorted by area
Landscape Protection Area
Sorno-Rosendorfer-Buchten
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Insel im Senftenberger See
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Insel im Senftenberger See
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Bergbaufolgelandschaft Bluno
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Pulsnitz und Niederungsbereiche
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
Bergbaufolgelandschaft Laubusch
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Klosterwasserniederung
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Gewässersystem Annaburger Heide südöstlich Jessen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Mittellauf der Schwarzen Elster Ergänzung
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
Elstergebiet um Neuwiese
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Schwarze Elster oberhalb Hoyerswerda
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Deutschbaselitzer Großteichgebiet
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Geierswalder Heide
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Elsteraue bei Arnsnesta
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Fluten von Arnsnesta
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 18 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
925 distinct species · 2 105 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Schwarze Elster : 22 espèces reliées par 136 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 15.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 20 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
178km
Max discharge
23,8m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
18
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.