Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) · PRT
Serra da Estrela
- Area
- 885 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2008
Overview
- Designation
- Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
- Established
- 2008
- Managing authority
- See European Environment Agency Geospatial Data Catalogue for more information - https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/be2142b0-7dc4-42e3-afac-f7cc5f1a9ac6
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
4 827 distinct species · 131 060 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Serra da Estrela : 25 espèces reliées par 70 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology4 basins · 3 lakes · 31 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
189,9km
Lake surface here
0,97km²
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
2 053km²
Discharge in basins
15,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 129mm/an
Mean T°
13,4°C
Moisture idx
0,08
Max snow
6%
Mean runoff
458mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
601m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (31, ord ≥ 4)
- Rio Mondegoord 5len here30.81 km21%total148 km
- Rio Alvaord 3len here16.30 km21%total76 km
- Rio Zêzereord 4len here14.47 km8%total190 km
- Barroco do Porto Novoord 1len here13.71 km100%total14 km
- Ribeiro dos Murosord 1len here12.44 km100%total12 km
- Ribeira de Lorigaord 1len here12.35 km99%total12 km
- Ribeira da Cabeça Altaord 2len here10.04 km85%total12 km
- Ribeira das Cortesord 2len here8.05 km70%total11 km
- Ribeira da Bregadaord 1len here7.34 km100%total7 km
- Ribeira de Linharesord 2len here6.56 km36%total18 km
- Ribeira de Ensemilord 2len here6.42 km100%total6 km
- Ribeiro do Freixoord 1len here6.15 km98%total6 km
19 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Ribeira da Nave Travessaord 1len here5.45 km100%total5 km
- Ribeira de Alforfaord 1len here3.76 km40%total9 km
- Rio Alvocoord 2len here3.36 km22%total15 km
- Ribeira de Aldeiasord 1len here3.08 km48%total6 km
- Barroca do Carrascalord 1len here2.96 km100%total3 km
- Ribeira de Valezimord 1len here2.93 km92%total3 km
- Ribeiro do Paçoord 1len here2.76 km95%total3 km
- Barroca da Fonte Dalambaord 1len here2.72 km100%total3 km
- Ribeira do Cabaçoord 1len here2.65 km100%total3 km
- Ribeira da Bandoivaord 1len here2.46 km43%total6 km
- Ribeira do Verdilheiroord 1len here2.44 km100%total2 km
- Ribeira de Quêcereord 1len here2.38 km100%total2 km
- Ribeira do Cubo (ou d´El-Rei)ord 1len here2.25 km34%total7 km
- Ribeira da Fervençaord 1len here1.93 km100%total2 km
- Ribeiro de Salgueiraisord 1len here1.28 km19%total7 km
- Ribeira dos Covaisord 1len here1.06 km49%total2 km
- Ribeira do Vale do Sameiroord 1len here0.87 km100%total1 km
- Ribeiro do Rechãoord 1len here0.53 km100%total1 km
- Ribeira de Balocasord 1len here0.33 km48%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
- 40.43552, -7.51738
- 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.