Rivière· 40 segments
Weiße Elster
Crosses 9 administrative regions : Burgenlandkreis, Gera, Greiz, Halle (Saale), Leipzig +4
Total length
236km
Max discharge
25,2m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
40
River geography9 admin regions · 0 communes
9 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- VogtlandkreisSachsen · Germany67.5 kmin this dpt
- BurgenlandkreisSachsen-Anhalt · Germany24.3 kmin this dpt
- LeipzigSachsen · Germany22.1 kmin this dpt
- GreizThüringen · Germany19.3 kmin this dpt
- Leipzig (Kreisfreie Stadt)Sachsen · Germany11.1 kmin this dpt
- SaalekreisSachsen-Anhalt · Germany9.9 kmin this dpt
- GeraThüringen · Germany8.6 kmin this dpt
- Halle (Saale)Sachsen-Anhalt · Germany4.5 kmin this dpt
- Saale-Holzland-KreisThüringen · Germany0.0 kmin this dpt
30 intersecting protected areas
Oberes Vogtland
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Leipziger Auwald
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Burgsteinlandschaft
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
Leipziger Auwald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Talsperre Dröda
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Saale-Elster-Aue südlich Halle
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Elster-Luppe-Aue
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Talsperre Pöhl
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
21 more protected areassorted by area
Saale
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
Elsteraue
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Leipziger Auensystem
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Saaletal
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Vogtländische Pöhle und Täler
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Saale-, Elster-, Luppe-Aue zwischen Merseburg und Halle
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Zeitzer Forst
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Zeitzer Forst
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Elstertal zwischen Greiz und Wünschendorf
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Elstertal zwischen Greiz und Wünschendorf
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Kuhberg - Steinicht
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Geraer Stadtwald
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Elsteraue
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Talsperre Pirk
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Elsteraue südlich Zwenkau
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Elsteraue bei Groitzsch
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Saale-Elster-Aue bei Halle
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Elstersteilhänge nördlich Plauen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Elstersteilhänge
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 40 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
428 distinct species · 2 026 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 Weiße Elster : 27 espèces reliées par 93 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.0%, 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).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
236km
Max discharge
25,2m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
40
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.