World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · unk
Wadden Sea
- Area
- 11 574 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2009
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 2009
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
7 439 distinct species · 1 569 931 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Wadden Sea : 19 espèces reliées par 73 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 18.0%, 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).
Hydrology28 basins · 5 lakes · 47 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
16,0km
Lake surface here
1,91km²
Basins crossed
28
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
2 054km²
Discharge in basins
3,1m³/s
Mean precip.
804mm/an
Mean T°
8,5°C
Moisture idx
0,27
Max snow
18%
Mean runoff
552mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
4m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Arlausub-area2 054,2 km²overlap187.37 km²2%
- Bassin de Brøns Åsub-area380,5 km²overlap150.63 km²1%
- Bassin de Thunschlotsub-area845 km²overlap127.24 km²1%
- Bassin de Hunzesub-area1 455,9 km²overlap122.19 km²1%
- Bassin de Ringslootsub-area1 905,4 km²overlap114.38 km²1%
- Bassin de Spangsbjerg Møllebæksub-area196,5 km²overlap84.80 km²1%
- Bassin de Van Harinxmakanaalsub-area1 453,9 km²overlap44.57 km²0%
- Bassin de Nord-Ostsee-Kanalsub-area1 543,8 km²overlap44.37 km²0%
- Bassin de Butjadinger Kanalsub-area399,7 km²overlap34.82 km²0%
19 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Rohrsub-area1 925,6 km²overlap31.68 km²0%
- Bassin de Søvig Bæksub-area402,1 km²overlap29.99 km²0%
- Bassin de Nordender Lekesub-area86,4 km²overlap14.57 km²0%
- Bassin de Hooksieler Tiefsub-area343,5 km²overlap10.91 km²0%
- Basin #23590sub-area38,2 km²overlap4.19 km²0%
- Bassin de Koldby Ruersub-area38,9 km²overlap3.95 km²0%
- Bassin de Vidåsub-area1 347,2 km²overlap2.55 km²0%
- Bassin de Südender Lekesub-area238,3 km²overlap2.30 km²0%
- Basin #24540sub-area4,5 km²overlap2.12 km²0%
- Bassin de Hulmose Kanalsub-area13,6 km²overlap1.98 km²0%
- Bassin de Mussel-Aa-kanaalsub-area1 170,7 km²overlap1.58 km²0%
- Bassin de Friedeburger Tiefsub-area456,1 km²overlap0.60 km²0%
- Bassin de Nørreåsub-area976,7 km²overlap0.38 km²0%
- Bassin de Brede Åsub-area455,8 km²overlap0.24 km²0%
- Bassin de Holsted Åsub-area507,2 km²overlap0.14 km²0%
- Bassin de Nöttenser Leidesub-area190,5 km²overlap0.08 km²0%
- Bassin de Reitdiepsub-area1 611,6 km²overlap0.07 km²0%
- Bassin de Kongeåensub-area468,9 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
- Bassin de Knockster Tiefsub-area342 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
Lakes (5, top by area)
Rivers / streams (47, ord ≥ 4)
- Vidåord 4len here1.55 km4%total39 km
- Enten Tieford 1len here1.35 km101%total1 km
- Jadeord 3len here1.32 km15%total9 km
- Hauptvorfluter Polder Vord 1len here1.19 km21%total6 km
- Bordelumer Prielord 2len here0.95 km28%total3 km
- Skifleord 1len here0.95 km32%total3 km
- Nije Faartord 1len here0.84 km41%total2 km
- Wymeerer Sieltieford 3len here0.80 km5%total16 km
- Spiekaer Wasserlöseord 2len here0.75 km13%total6 km
- Ribe Åord 4len here0.71 km5%total14 km
- Brøns Åord 2len here0.69 km6%total12 km
- Broekstermaarord 1len here0.62 km15%total4 km
35 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Alter Sielzugord 2len here0.57 km6%total10 km
- Funnix-Berdumer Wasserzugord 1len here0.55 km6%total9 km
- Åbølling Bækord 1len here0.43 km5%total8 km
- Dreikoogen-Sielzugord 2len here0.32 km5%total7 km
- Fedderwarder Sieltieford 2len here0.30 km8%total4 km
- Sneum Åord 4len here0.26 km2%total13 km
- Hulmose Kanalord 1len here0.20 km10%total2 km
- Rejsby Åord 2len here0.18 km2%total10 km
- Røgelstrømord 3len here0.13 km2%total7 km
- Grænsegrøftenord 1len here0.13 km4%total3 km
- Guldager Møllebækord 1len here0.13 km7%total2 km
- Bongsieler Kanalord 3len here0.12 km3%total4 km
- Storbækord 2len here0.12 km2%total6 km
- Novrup Bækord 1len here0.11 km5%total2 km
- Tsjettelfeartord 1len here0.09 km3%total3 km
- Waardkanaalord 3len here0.09 km1%total13 km
- Süderschlootord 2len here0.09 km1%total7 km
- Oostpolderbermkanaalord 1len here0.08 km3%total2 km
- Balgzandkanaalord 3len here0.07 km2%total3 km
- Neu Driftord 2len here0.06 km1%total10 km
- Jachthavenord 2len here0.06 km1%total7 km
- Møllebækord 1len here0.06 km1%total4 km
- De Peazensord 1len here0.05 km2%total3 km
- Van Ewijcksvaartord 1len here0.04 km1%total7 km
- Easterbierrumer Feartord 1len here0.03 km1%total4 km
- Warwerorter Kanalord 3len here0.02 km0%total24 km
- Horumer Tieford 1len here0.02 km0%total7 km
- Friederikentieford 2len here0.02 km0%total6 km
- Robbengatsluisord 1len here0.01 km0%total5 km
- Mieleord 3len here≈ tangenttotal9 km
- Norderbootfahrtord 2len here≈ tangenttotal11 km
- Nöttenser Leideord 2len here≈ tangenttotal23 km
- Neulander Tieford 1len here≈ tangenttotal8 km
- Termunterzijldiepord 3len here≈ tangenttotal11 km
- Eijerlands Kanaalord 1len here≈ tangenttotal7 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
- 53.22294, 5.19245
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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.