Site of Special Scientific Interest · GBR
Upper Solway Flats and Marshes
- Area
- 172 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1956
Overview
- Designation
- Site of Special Scientific Interest
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1956
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 218 distinct species · 53 719 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Upper Solway Flats and Marshes : 27 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 86 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 12.9%, 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).
Hydrology7 basins · 0 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
10,0km
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
1 233km²
Discharge in basins
0,4m³/s
Mean precip.
1 099mm/an
Mean T°
8,2°C
Moisture idx
0,45
Max snow
20%
Mean runoff
1 006mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
98m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Lochar Watersub-area206,5 km²overlap12.96 km²8%
- Bassin de Urr Watersub-area633,2 km²overlap8.66 km²5%
- Bassin de Kirtle Watersub-area126,1 km²overlap4.46 km²3%
- Bassin de River Nithsub-area1 232,4 km²overlap2.97 km²2%
- Bassin de River Annansub-area958,8 km²overlap0.53 km²0%
- Basin #50790sub-area4,2 km²overlap0.07 km²0%
- Bassin de River Esksub-area1 233 km²overlap0.05 km²0%
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- River Nithord 4len here3.70 km3%total114 km
- Lochar Waterord 3len here2.61 km8%total31 km
- River Annanord 4len here1.82 km2%total77 km
- Southwick Waterord 2len here1.51 km25%total6 km
- Prestonmill Burnord 1len here0.18 km14%total1 km
- River Sarkord 3len here0.11 km1%total9 km
- Kirtle Waterord 2len here0.02 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
- 54.93708, -3.53184
- 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.