Site of Special Scientific Interest · GBR
West Inverness-shire Lochs
- Area
- 30 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 2007
Overview
- Designation
- Site of Special Scientific Interest
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 2007
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
363 distinct species · 1 108 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 West Inverness-shire Lochs : 29 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 80 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology3 basins · 9 lakes · 18 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
33,0km
Lake surface here
23,74km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
1 848km²
Discharge in basins
1,1m³/s
Mean precip.
1 511mm/an
Mean T°
6,3°C
Moisture idx
0,64
Max snow
29%
Mean runoff
1 261mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
378m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (9, top by area)
- Loch Beagarea9,4 km²avg depth21.7 m
- Loch Garryarea6 km²avg depth6.4 m
- Loch Loynearea5,3 km²avg depth8.6 m
- Loch Affricarea1,8 km²avg depth9.4 m
- Lac 1305846area0,4 km²avg depth5.9 m
- Lac 1305476area0,4 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lac 1305580area0,2 km²avg depth5.7 m
- Lac 1305189area0,1 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 1304677area0,1 km²avg depth5.4 m
Rivers / streams (18, ord ≥ 4)
- Allt Giubhaisord 1len here7.84 km44%total18 km
- River Moristonord 3len here5.20 km15%total35 km
- River Garryord 3len here4.39 km11%total40 km
- Loch Affricord 3len here3.98 km55%total7 km
- River Cluanieord 2len here2.10 km45%total5 km
- Allt Ladaidhord 3len here1.52 km36%total4 km
- Allt Garbhord 3len here1.39 km13%total10 km
- River Loyneord 2len here1.12 km26%total4 km
- Allt Achaidh Luachraichord 1len here0.98 km30%total3 km
- Greenfield Burnord 2len here0.84 km27%total3 km
- Allt a' Chaorainn Mhoirord 1len here0.80 km18%total4 km
- Allt Choire na Creahaord 1len here0.62 km37%total2 km
6 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
- 57.14636, -5.02461
- Open in maps
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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.