World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · irq
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
- Area
- 2 114 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2016
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 2016
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
9 distinct species · 24 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 2 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 The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities : 1 espèces reliées par 1 interaction GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 100.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology21 basins · 28 lakes · 12 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
110,3km
Lake surface here
188,56km²
Basins crossed
21
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
459 416km²
Discharge in basins
803,6m³/s
Mean precip.
122mm/an
Mean T°
24,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,93
Mean runoff
15mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
10m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de شط المالحsub-area2 313,2 km²overlap683.73 km²32%
- Bassin de الفراتsub-area1 021,7 km²overlap419.10 km²20%
- Bassin de شط المالحsub-area1 675,9 km²overlap198.58 km²9%
- Bassin de نهر الترابةsub-area342,6 km²overlap168.93 km²8%
- Bassin de نهر المجريsub-area462,2 km²overlap161.58 km²8%
- Basin #03320sub-area215,4 km²overlap105.91 km²5%
- Bassin de Shatt Al Gharratsub-area790 km²overlap98.11 km²5%
- Bassin de نهر الشيخةsub-area3 643,2 km²overlap78.46 km²4%
- Bassin de قناة البدعةsub-area1 847,7 km²overlap68.07 km²3%
12 more basinssorted by overlap
- Basin #17700sub-area775 km²overlap57.22 km²3%
- Basin #11510sub-area1 055,9 km²overlap24.90 km²1%
- Bassin de الفراتsub-area56 km²overlap24.83 km²1%
- Bassin de نهر أبو كفافsub-area19,7 km²overlap7.33 km²0%
- Bassin de کرخهsub-area1 251,5 km²overlap6.67 km²0%
- Bassin de نهر الكريمsub-area116,3 km²overlap3.69 km²0%
- Bassin de الفراتsub-area815,2 km²overlap3.37 km²0%
- Bassin de نهر المشرحsub-area728 km²overlap1.08 km²0%
- Bassin de المصب العامsub-area2 179,1 km²overlap0.91 km²0%
- Bassin de نهر الرغلةsub-area983,5 km²overlap0.40 km²0%
- Bassin de الفراتsub-area467,1 km²overlap0.34 km²0%
- Bassin de شعيب الغانميsub-area366,6 km²overlap0.29 km²0%
Lakes (28, top by area)
- Hawr Umm an Ni‘ājarea89,7 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #15275area53,8 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #15273area44,2 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Hūr ol ‘Az̧īmarea35,6 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #15171area13 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #75506area2,5 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #75914area1,6 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1375961area0,6 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1376029area0,6 km²avg depth1.0 m
19 more lakes
- Lac 1377758area0,6 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1376065area0,5 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1376098area0,4 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1376113area0,4 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1376146area0,4 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1376010area0,3 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1376036area0,3 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1375962area0,3 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1376198area0,3 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1376139area0,3 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lac 1376105area0,3 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1376236area0,3 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1376086area0,2 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lac 1376023area0,2 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1376205area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1376155area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1376040area0,2 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1375951area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1376132area0,1 km²avg depth0.6 m
Rivers / streams (12, ord ≥ 4)
- المصب العامord 8len here38.00 km8%total496 km
- Shatt Al Gharratord 3len here18.02 km52%total35 km
- الفراتord 8len here13.34 km0%total3005 km
- قناة البدعةord 4len here13.09 km8%total164 km
- Shatt Al Gharraford 3len here10.33 km56%total18 km
- نهر ابو سوباطord 8len here7.89 km57%total14 km
- نهر الغميجord 1len here6.54 km82%total8 km
- نهر الترابةord 5len here1.16 km4%total26 km
- نهر الجريفيةord 1len here0.80 km30%total3 km
- نهر أبو كفافord 5len here0.49 km4%total13 km
- شط الحسينord 1len here0.31 km5%total7 km
- شط المالحord 4len here0.28 km0%total171 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
- 30.79915, 46.84869
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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.