Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · egy
Wadi El Rayan Protected Area
- Area
- 1 756 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 2012
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 2012
- Managing authority
- Nature Conservation Sector, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Ministry of State for Environment Affairs
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
229 distinct species · 3 058 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Wadi El Rayan Protected Area : 18 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 5 bulles famille, 26 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 5 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).
Hydrology11 basins · 2 lakes · 0 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Lake surface here
99,99km²
Basins crossed
11
Max drainage
3 212km²
Discharge in basins
0,3m³/s
Mean precip.
11mm/an
Mean T°
20,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,99
Mean runoff
1mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
84m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #59030sub-area768,3 km²overlap368.41 km²21%
- Basin #44550sub-area329,2 km²overlap328.73 km²19%
- Basin #86940sub-area238,9 km²overlap219.83 km²13%
- Basin #87140sub-area352,2 km²overlap200.73 km²11%
- Basin #85040sub-area607,4 km²overlap197.09 km²11%
- Basin #86970sub-area445,9 km²overlap181.26 km²10%
- Basin #77910sub-area1 474,9 km²overlap100.35 km²6%
- Basin #86960sub-area244,4 km²overlap57.64 km²3%
- Basin #85190sub-area42,4 km²overlap42.38 km²2%
2 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (2, top by area)
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
- 29.12607, 30.37074
- 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.