Ruisseau· 2 segments
Velpe
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Limburg, Vlaams Brabant
Total length
38km
Max discharge
1,6m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
2
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- Vlaams BrabantVlaanderen · Belgium24.4 kmin this dpt
- LimburgVlaanderen · Belgium9.6 kmin this dpt
23 intersecting protected areas
De Demervallei
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Demervallei
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Bossen en kalkgraslanden van Haspengouw
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Het Schulensbroek
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
NBP-LI-20-0008 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
Webbekomsbroek-Borchbeemden
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-23-0021 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
Het Rot- , Gorenbroek en Diesters Broek
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
De Velpevallei
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
14 more protected areassorted by area
NBP-VB-23-0021 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-21-0319 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-23-0021 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-21-0290 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-21-0025 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
De Zuurbemde
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
Het Heibos-Schrabaardebos
IUCN Not AssignedFlemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region)
Snoekengracht
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-22-0202 type 2
IUCN VINature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-21-0223 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-21-0287 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-21-0176 type 4
IUCN IVNature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-21-0319 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
NBP-VB-21-0223 type 3
IUCN IVNature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region)
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Species present
1 913 distinct species · 34 737 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 Velpe : 28 espèces + 9 bulles famille, 92 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 13.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 9 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
38km
Max discharge
1,6m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
2
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.