Breiðafjörður
IUCN VConservation Area · 1995
2 845 km²
Region · isl
Vestfirðir
Iceland
ETPolar, tundra(91 %)
Species observed
2 172
Observations
93 147
Area
9 230,4km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Vestfirðir : 19 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 67 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 15.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
30
Interactions affichées
67
Connectance
0.154
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
2 172 distinct species · 93 147 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
1,5°C
Annual rain
1 592mm
Warmest m°
9,8°C
Coldest m°
-6,1°C
Elevation: 326 m on average (min -78 m, max 904 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
1,5°C
Annual rain
1 592mm
Warmest month
9,8°C
Coldest month
-6,1°C
Mean alt.
326m
Min
-78m
Max
904m
Std. dev.
178m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
ETPolar, tundra(91 %)Polar
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Hydrology9 basins · 50 lakes · 100 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
982,7km
Lake surface here
37,21km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
6 006km²
Discharge in basins
29,4m³/s
Mean precip.
974mm/an
Mean T°
1,6°C
Moisture idx
0,67
Max snow
67%
Mean runoff
1 194mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
314m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Fáskrúðsub-area6 006,4 km²overlap4624.76 km²50%
- Bassin de Selásub-area2 813,9 km²overlap2717.73 km²29%
- Bassin de Arnkötludalsásub-area966,7 km²overlap920.58 km²10%
- Bassin de Hvannadalsásub-area377,3 km²overlap379.16 km²4%
- Bassin de Staðarásub-area240 km²overlap241.05 km²3%
- Bassin de Síkásub-area373,2 km²overlap157.20 km²2%
- Bassin de Laxásub-area265 km²overlap3.57 km²0%
- Basin #57780sub-area143,2 km²overlap0.29 km²0%
- Bassin de Norðurásub-area602 km²overlap0.03 km²0%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Vatnsdalsvatnarea2 km²avg depth16.2 m
- Stóra Eyjarvatnarea1,6 km²avg depth7.4 m
- Þiðriksvallavatnarea1,5 km²avg depth13.9 m
- Vatnalautavatnarea1,4 km²avg depth5.5 m
- Lake #44142area1,4 km²avg depth4.9 m
- Urriðavötnarea1,4 km²avg depth6.4 m
- Lake #43286area1,3 km²avg depth7.0 m
- Syðradalsvatnarea1,1 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Eyvindarfjarðarvötnarea1 km²avg depth7.1 m
41 more lakes
- Lac 1225455area1 km²avg depth4.8 m
- Lac 1227163area0,9 km²avg depth5.7 m
- Lac 1225253area0,9 km²avg depth5.3 m
- Lac 1224317area0,8 km²avg depth4.5 m
- Lac 1227716area0,8 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Lac 1225606area0,8 km²avg depth7.2 m
- Lac 1229457area0,8 km²avg depth7.3 m
- Lac 1225952area0,8 km²avg depth7.0 m
- Lac 1227724area0,8 km²avg depth6.8 m
- Lac 1231486area0,8 km²avg depth5.4 m
- Lac 1227249area0,7 km²avg depth4.8 m
- Lac 1224200area0,7 km²avg depth6.6 m
- Lac 1225096area0,6 km²avg depth5.2 m
- Lac 1228762area0,6 km²avg depth4.1 m
- Lac 1224846area0,6 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1227172area0,6 km²avg depth5.0 m
- Lac 1225812area0,6 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1225556area0,6 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1223360area0,6 km²avg depth5.3 m
- Lac 1223559area0,6 km²avg depth5.0 m
- Lac 1234676area0,5 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1226310area0,5 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1224700area0,5 km²avg depth6.1 m
- Lac 1223335area0,5 km²avg depth5.4 m
- Lac 1223687area0,5 km²avg depth5.4 m
- Lac 1227631area0,5 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Lac 1226912area0,5 km²avg depth5.2 m
- Lac 1226534area0,5 km²avg depth4.1 m
- Lac 1225325area0,5 km²avg depth4.9 m
- Lac 1225349area0,5 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 1227424area0,5 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1223286area0,5 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Lac 1225975area0,5 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1224520area0,4 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lac 1225849area0,4 km²avg depth4.2 m
- Lac 1226847area0,4 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lac 1222575area0,4 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lac 1228529area0,4 km²avg depth6.4 m
- Lac 1226687area0,4 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Lac 1226688area0,4 km²avg depth5.6 m
- Lac 1228453area0,4 km²avg depth6.0 m
Rivers / streams (100, ord ≥ 4)
- Seláord 3len here37.15 km100%total37 km
- Rjúkandiord 3len here30.48 km100%total30 km
- Hvannadalsáord 3len here24.96 km100%total25 km
- Seláord 4len here21.10 km99%total21 km
- Staðaráord 3len here20.10 km96%total21 km
- Bjarnarfjarðaráord 3len here18.94 km100%total19 km
- Arnkötludalsáord 1len here18.79 km100%total19 km
- Geiradalsáord 1len here17.28 km100%total17 km
- Skálmardalsáord 2len here16.60 km100%total17 km
- Víkuráord 2len here15.72 km100%total16 km
- Hvalsáord 2len here15.18 km100%total15 km
- Botnsáord 2len here14.47 km94%total15 km
88 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Laxáord 3len here14.34 km100%total14 km
- Vattardalsáord 2len here14.26 km99%total14 km
- Farmannsdalsáord 2len here14.10 km100%total14 km
- Vatnadalsáord 1len here13.97 km100%total14 km
- Hafnardalsáord 2len here13.69 km100%total14 km
- Langadalsáord 3len here12.88 km100%total13 km
- Jökuláord 2len here12.67 km100%total13 km
- Laxáord 2len here12.64 km100%total13 km
- Prestbakkaáord 2len here12.42 km100%total12 km
- Þveráord 2len here12.35 km100%total12 km
- Ormsáord 3len here12.26 km100%total12 km
- Brekkudalsáord 2len here12.25 km100%total12 km
- Krossáord 2len here12.17 km100%total12 km
- Bjarnarfjarðaráord 3len here11.92 km95%total13 km
- Meyjaráord 2len here11.80 km100%total12 km
- Hofsáord 2len here11.59 km98%total12 km
- Hraundalsáord 2len here11.40 km100%total11 km
- Laugardalsáord 2len here11.14 km100%total11 km
- Djúpadalsáord 2len here10.85 km100%total11 km
- Viðidalsáord 2len here10.80 km100%total11 km
- Tunguáord 3len here10.75 km100%total11 km
- Norðdalsáord 3len here10.57 km100%total11 km
- Tunguáord 2len here10.53 km100%total10 km
- Eyvindarfjarðaráord 2len here10.49 km97%total11 km
- Torfgilord 2len here10.33 km100%total10 km
- Dalsvaðallord 2len here10.31 km100%total10 km
- Bæjardalsáord 1len here10.18 km100%total10 km
- Seláord 4len here10.02 km74%total14 km
- Heimsta-Vatnadalsáord 2len here9.89 km100%total10 km
- Smjördalsáord 2len here9.22 km100%total9 km
- Broddáord 1len here9.20 km100%total9 km
- Bjarnadalsáord 3len here9.11 km100%total9 km
- Húsadalsáord 2len here8.98 km100%total9 km
- Kirkjubólsáord 1len here8.89 km100%total9 km
- Sunndalsáord 1len here8.40 km100%total8 km
- Aratunguáord 2len here8.38 km100%total8 km
- Goðdalsáord 3len here8.35 km100%total8 km
- Vatnsdalsáord 2len here8.33 km100%total8 km
- Dagverðadalsáord 2len here8.27 km100%total8 km
- Kaldbaksáord 2len here8.06 km100%total8 km
- Drangavíkuráord 2len here8.04 km100%total8 km
- Breiðgilord 2len here7.95 km100%total8 km
- Miðdalsáord 2len here7.71 km100%total8 km
- Hnífsdalsáord 2len here7.69 km100%total8 km
- Suðurfossáord 1len here7.62 km97%total8 km
- Vesturdalsáord 2len here7.61 km100%total8 km
- Árdalurord 2len here7.60 km84%total9 km
- Músaráord 1len here7.56 km100%total8 km
- Fremri-Fjalldalsáord 2len here7.35 km100%total7 km
- Kjálkafjarðaráord 2len here7.31 km99%total7 km
- Gufudalsáord 2len here7.14 km100%total7 km
- Fjarðarhornsáord 2len here6.85 km100%total7 km
- Heydalsáord 1len here6.84 km97%total7 km
- Gilsáord 1len here6.83 km100%total7 km
- Miðdalsáord 1len here6.81 km100%total7 km
- Fellsáord 2len here6.80 km100%total7 km
- Geitadalsáord 2len here6.76 km100%total7 km
- Mórillaord 2len here6.74 km93%total7 km
- Hvaláord 2len here6.54 km100%total7 km
- Hagaáord 3len here6.51 km100%total6 km
- Þverdalsáord 1len here6.39 km100%total6 km
- Ósdalsáord 2len here6.37 km100%total6 km
- Högnaord 1len here6.34 km100%total6 km
- Útnorðursárord 1len here6.28 km100%total6 km
- Múlarangalaáord 1len here6.21 km93%total7 km
- Múlaáord 2len here5.92 km85%total7 km
- Sunndalsáord 2len here5.87 km100%total6 km
- Múlaáord 3len here5.76 km96%total6 km
- Hvalsáord 1len here5.69 km100%total6 km
- Þveráord 1len here5.62 km100%total6 km
- Brekkuáord 2len here5.57 km70%total8 km
- Hjarðardalsáord 1len here5.53 km93%total6 km
- Hnúksáord 1len here5.49 km100%total5 km
- Kirkjubólsáord 2len here5.39 km93%total6 km
- Lágadalsáord 2len here5.29 km100%total5 km
- Múlaáord 2len here5.26 km100%total5 km
- Staðaráord 1len here5.10 km100%total5 km
- Heimri-Fjalldalsáord 1len here5.02 km100%total5 km
- Reyðardalsáord 1len here4.98 km94%total5 km
- Midháord 1len here4.89 km100%total5 km
- Heyáord 1len here4.80 km100%total5 km
- Torfdalsáord 3len here4.75 km100%total5 km
- Mjóadalsáord 1len here4.73 km101%total5 km
- Þriðjungaá-fremriord 1len here4.59 km100%total5 km
- Ísafjarðaráord 2len here4.56 km100%total5 km
- Þingmannaáord 2len here4.51 km100%total5 km
- Árnesáord 1len here4.50 km96%total5 km
- Þórarinsdalsáord 2len here4.48 km100%total4 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Protected areas9
IUCN IV · 4IUCN Ib · 2IUCN III · 2IUCN V · 1🌊 Marine · 7
Hornstrandir
IUCN IbNature Reserve · 1985
589 km²
Vatnsfjörður
IUCN IVNature Reserve · 1975
190 km²
Drangar
IUCN IbStrict Nature Reserve · 2021
105 km²
Látrabjarg
IUCN IVNature Reserve · 2021
37 km²
Dynjandi
IUCN IIINatural Monument · 1986
6 km²
Complete list9 protected areas
- BreiðafjörðurConservation AreaIUCN V19952 845 km²
- HornstrandirNature ReserveIUCN Ib1985589 km²
- VatnsfjörðurNature ReserveIUCN IV1975190 km²
- DrangarStrict Nature ReserveIUCN Ib2021105 km²
- LátrabjargNature ReserveIUCN IV202137 km²
- DynjandiNatural MonumentIUCN III19866 km²
- SurtarbrandsgilNatural MonumentIUCN III19753 km²
- FlateyNature ReserveIUCN IV19752 km²
- HríseyNature ReserveIUCN IV19770 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN