Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · SWE
Sjaunja
- Area
- 1 813 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ia
- Year
- 1974
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- Ia · Réserve naturelle intégrale
Protection stricte, accès limité aux fins scientifiques
- Established
- 1974
- Managing authority
- The organisation Laponiatjuottjudus is responsible for the management of Sjaunja. It is not an authority, all permits and regulations etc are handled by the County Administrative Board of Norrbotten. For more info on Laponia visit: http://laponia.nu/
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 130 distinct species · 37 198 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 Sjaunja : 25 espèces reliées par 71 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology10 basins · 50 lakes · 12 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
150,2km
Lake surface here
82,52km²
Basins crossed
10
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
9 809km²
Discharge in basins
51,7m³/s
Mean precip.
504mm/an
Mean T°
-1,9°C
Moisture idx
0,21
Max snow
65%
Mean runoff
526mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
599m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Sjaunjaälvensub-area918,8 km²overlap847.53 km²47%
- Bassin de Amásjåhkåsub-area1 255,3 km²overlap599.17 km²33%
- Bassin de Paltajokksub-area798,8 km²overlap146.87 km²8%
- Bassin de Goddejohkasub-area704,2 km²overlap68.59 km²4%
- Bassin de Vuosmajåkkåsub-area192,3 km²overlap67.37 km²4%
- Bassin de Kaltisjokkasub-area1 390,8 km²overlap62.28 km²3%
- Bassin de Sikträskbäckensub-area394,7 km²overlap8.84 km²0%
- Bassin de Muttosjåhkåsub-area404,9 km²overlap8.19 km²0%
- Bassin de Sjaunjaälvensub-area112,4 km²overlap3.48 km²0%
1 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Satisjaurearea81,7 km²avg depth15.4 m
- Vuolep Kaitumjaurearea15 km²avg depth11.3 m
- Kaska Kaitumjaurearea14,3 km²avg depth20.1 m
- Nojaurearea6,4 km²avg depth5.4 m
- Harrejaurearea4,9 km²avg depth9.9 m
- Sjaunjajaurearea4,6 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Avvakajjaurearea3,9 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Läffaarea3,8 km²avg depth9.3 m
- Stuor Duvváarea2,8 km²avg depth7.6 m
41 more lakes
- Stuor-Avakadjoarea2,6 km²avg depth4.3 m
- Rijddeljávrrearea2,6 km²avg depth6.7 m
- Vuottasjaurearea2,5 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Ijamjaurearea2,5 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Saivajaurearea2,4 km²avg depth6.4 m
- Måsskejávrrearea2,2 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Mälgojávrrearea1,7 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Potojaurearea1,4 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Paije Appojaurearea1,3 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Amásjávrrearea1,2 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Stuor Saivoarea1,2 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Etnajaurearea1,2 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lake #41127area1 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1211979area1 km²avg depth4.5 m
- Lac 1211988area0,9 km²avg depth4.8 m
- Lac 1209534area0,9 km²avg depth4.6 m
- Lac 1210535area0,9 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1208867area0,9 km²avg depth3.6 m
- Lac 1210911area0,9 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 1208015area0,8 km²avg depth6.1 m
- Lac 1211048area0,8 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lac 1210978area0,8 km²avg depth4.5 m
- Lac 1210418area0,8 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1210475area0,7 km²avg depth4.9 m
- Lac 1210850area0,7 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1210407area0,6 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lac 1210784area0,6 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 1211766area0,6 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1210829area0,6 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lac 1209644area0,6 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 1208122area0,6 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 1210870area0,6 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1211342area0,6 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1207873area0,6 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lac 1211801area0,6 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Lac 1210963area0,5 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1209976area0,5 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Lac 1208937area0,5 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1209414area0,5 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Lac 1208698area0,5 km²avg depth3.7 m
- Lac 1207710area0,5 km²avg depth4.1 m
Rivers / streams (12, ord ≥ 4)
- Sjaunjaälvenord 4len here65.84 km94%total70 km
- Amásjåhkåord 2len here31.50 km100%total31 km
- Nuvjohkaord 3len here18.45 km100%total18 km
- Puotojåkkåord 4len here7.89 km77%total10 km
- Doaresjåhkåord 2len here6.83 km100%total7 km
- Vuosmajåkkåord 2len here5.31 km17%total32 km
- Tjuoltajokkord 4len here4.38 km32%total14 km
- Rippajåkkåord 2len here3.92 km72%total5 km
- Luohttojåhkåord 1len here2.60 km82%total3 km
- Rijddeljåhkåord 2len here2.28 km101%total2 km
- Aavakaijujokiord 1len here1.07 km15%total7 km
- Muttosjåhkåord 2len here0.17 km1%total33 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
- 67.39098, 19.53699
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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.