Nature Reserve · isl
Vatnsfjörður
- Area
- 190 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1975
Overview
- Designation
- Nature Reserve
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1975
- Managing authority
- Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
402 distinct species · 2 996 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Vatnsfjörður : 21 espèces reliées par 64 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology1 basins · 11 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
36,2km
Lake surface here
5,47km²
Basins crossed
1
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
6 006km²
Discharge in basins
0,0m³/s
Mean precip.
1 053mm/an
Mean T°
1,9°C
Moisture idx
0,69
Max snow
52%
Mean runoff
1 315mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
318m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (11, top by area)
- Vatnsdalsvatnarea2 km²avg depth16.2 m
- Lac 1227716area0,8 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Lac 1227631area0,5 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Lac 1227424area0,5 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1228453area0,4 km²avg depth6.0 m
- Lac 1227350area0,3 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lac 1227470area0,3 km²avg depth4.2 m
- Lac 1227950area0,3 km²avg depth4.1 m
- Lac 1227684area0,2 km²avg depth4.5 m
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
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
- 65.65989, -23.08727
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.