UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · deu
Waddensea of Lower Saxony
- Area
- 2 188 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1992
Overview
- Designation
- UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
- Established
- 1992
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
5 544 distinct species · 286 149 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 Waddensea of Lower Saxony : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 55 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology13 basins · 4 lakes · 15 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
10,3km
Lake surface here
2,48km²
Basins crossed
13
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
1 926km²
Discharge in basins
0,4m³/s
Mean precip.
785mm/an
Mean T°
8,8°C
Moisture idx
0,21
Max snow
16%
Mean runoff
476mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Thunschlotsub-area845 km²overlap130.40 km²6%
- Bassin de Hunzesub-area1 455,9 km²overlap79.08 km²4%
- Bassin de Butjadinger Kanalsub-area399,7 km²overlap43.59 km²2%
- Bassin de Rohrsub-area1 925,6 km²overlap27.18 km²1%
- Bassin de Hooksieler Tiefsub-area343,5 km²overlap13.54 km²1%
- Bassin de Nordender Lekesub-area86,4 km²overlap2.92 km²0%
- Bassin de Westerender Ehesub-area198,9 km²overlap2.62 km²0%
- Bassin de Estesub-area1 171,5 km²overlap2.23 km²0%
- Basin #23590sub-area38,2 km²overlap2.18 km²0%
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (15, ord ≥ 4)
- Hauptvorfluter Polder Vord 1len here1.93 km34%total6 km
- Spiekaer Wasserlöseord 2len here1.43 km25%total6 km
- Enten Tieford 1len here1.35 km101%total1 km
- Friederikentieford 2len here0.99 km16%total6 km
- Funnix-Berdumer Wasserzugord 1len here0.89 km10%total9 km
- Horumer Tieford 1len here0.65 km9%total7 km
- Rietleideord 3len here0.63 km7%total9 km
- Neuharlinger Sieltieford 2len here0.53 km17%total3 km
- Nöttenser Leideord 2len here0.47 km2%total23 km
- Bettenwarfer Leideord 1len here0.44 km9%total5 km
- Neu Driftord 2len here0.34 km3%total10 km
- Alter Liegehafenord 2len here0.26 km3%total9 km
3 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- 53.57695, 6.86844
- 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.