District · IRQ
Shatt Al Arab
Iraq
Species observed
130
Observations
481
Area
1 516km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Shatt Al Arab : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 58 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.0%, 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).
Species present
130 distinct species · 481 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
26,6°C
Annual rain
159mm
Warmest m°
46,5°C
Coldest m°
7,1°C
Elevation: 2 m on average (min -2 m, max 4 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
7,8
Org. C
4,5g/kg
Clay
37,5%
Sand
16,3%
Silt
46,2%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology9 basins · 0 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
119,6km
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
755 834km²
Discharge in basins
4 394,4m³/s
Mean precip.
161mm/an
Mean T°
24,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,91
Mean runoff
21mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
3m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de خندق مائيsub-area1 250,4 km²overlap761.62 km²50%
- Bassin de نهر كتبانsub-area262,3 km²overlap262.00 km²17%
- Bassin de نهر الصالحيةsub-area324,4 km²overlap188.94 km²12%
- Bassin de شط العربsub-area551,4 km²overlap134.91 km²9%
- Bassin de شط العربsub-area157,8 km²overlap99.70 km²7%
- Bassin de شط العربsub-area423,4 km²overlap46.45 km²3%
- Bassin de شط العربsub-area30,8 km²overlap19.97 km²1%
- Bassin de قناة البدعةsub-area1 796,9 km²overlap1.31 km²0%
- Bassin de قناة جزيرة مجنونsub-area1 947,7 km²overlap1.13 km²0%
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- شط العربord 8len here41.37 km21%total194 km
- نهر كتبانord 8len here28.87 km48%total60 km
- نهر الصالحيةord 1len here22.06 km100%total22 km
- خندق مائيord 4len here9.56 km57%total17 km
- نهر الخورةord 8len here6.92 km58%total12 km
- شاخة الاعيويord 1len here4.85 km100%total5 km
- نهر الزريجيord 8len here2.88 km34%total8 km
- نهر حاج عليord 8len here2.02 km26%total8 km
- شط كرمة عليord 5len here1.02 km6%total17 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
20,2nW
Built-up
58,0%
Pesticides
6,5kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)