Ruisseau
Swalm
Crosses 5 administrative regions : Beesel, Leudal, Peel en Maas, Roermond, Viersen
Total length
12km
Max discharge
3,5m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
1
River geography5 admin regions · 0 communes
5 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- ViersenNordrhein-Westfalen · Germany8.7 kmin this dpt
- RoermondLimburg · Netherlands6.5 kmin this dpt
- BeeselLimburg · Netherlands1.8 kmin this dpt
- LeudalLimburg · Netherlands0.0 kmin this dpt
- Peel en MaasLimburg · Netherlands0.0 kmin this dpt
26 intersecting protected areas
NNN-LI
IUCN Not AssignedNature Reserves owned by professional nature management organizations
Vogelschutzgebiet 'Schwalm-Nette-Platte mit Grenzwald u. Meinweg'
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Landscape Protection Area
LSG-Grenzwald
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Wälder und Heiden bei Brüggen-Bracht
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
LSG-Elmpter Wald
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
NSG Brachter Wald
IUCN IVNature Reserve
LSG-Schwalmniederung
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
NSG Elmpter Schwalmbruch
IUCN IVNature Reserve
17 more protected areassorted by area
Elmpter Schwalmbruch
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Tantelbruch mit Elmpter Bachtal und Teilen der Schwalmaue
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Landscape Protection Area
LSG-Schwalmtal
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
NSG Tantelbruch
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Swalmdal
IUCN IVNature Conservation Act
Swalmdal
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
LSG-Elmpter Bachtal
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
NSG Diergardt\'scher Wald
IUCN IVNature Reserve
NSG Dilborner Benden
IUCN IVNature Reserve
LSG-Bockler Berg
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
LSG-Woltersheide
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
NSG Elmpter Bach
IUCN IVNature Reserve
LSG-Schwalmniederung
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
LSG-Schwalmniederung
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
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Species present
2 700 distinct species · 49 170 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Swalm : 33 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 75 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 9.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
12km
Max discharge
3,5m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
1
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.