Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) · GBR
The Wash and North Norfolk Coast
- Area
- 1 043 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2005
Overview
- Designation
- Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)
- Established
- 2005
- Managing authority
- OSPAR Commission
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
8 976 distinct species · 1 195 576 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 The Wash and North Norfolk Coast : 29 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 60 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology8 basins · 0 lakes · 10 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
10,5km
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
2 925km²
Discharge in basins
0,4m³/s
Mean precip.
613mm/an
Mean T°
9,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,06
Max snow
11%
Mean runoff
314mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
27m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de River Stiffkeysub-area908,8 km²overlap35.68 km²3%
- Bassin de Waithe Becksub-area1 762,1 km²overlap14.21 km²1%
- Basin #53480sub-area27,3 km²overlap10.00 km²1%
- Bassin de Fleet Havensub-area227,1 km²overlap7.94 km²1%
- Bassin de River Wellandsub-area1 726,1 km²overlap4.77 km²0%
- Basin #53460sub-area28 km²overlap4.66 km²0%
- Bassin de River Nenesub-area2 265,5 km²overlap1.02 km²0%
- Bassin de The Graftsub-area53,9 km²overlap0.50 km²0%
Rivers / streams (10, ord ≥ 4)
- Holbeach Riverord 4len here6.08 km74%total8 km
- The Graftord 4len here1.34 km24%total6 km
- River Neneord 4len here1.34 km1%total156 km
- Fleet Havenord 2len here0.58 km5%total12 km
- The Delphord 3len here0.37 km3%total13 km
- River Glavenord 2len here0.30 km1%total22 km
- River Hunord 1len here0.15 km1%total12 km
- River Stiffkeyord 2len here0.12 km0%total36 km
- The Ingolord 2len here0.10 km4%total2 km
- River Burnord 2len here0.07 km0%total18 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
- 52.95530, 0.29570
- 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.