National Park Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea - Germany

Basic Information
Site Name
National Park Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea
Short name
DE-04-SW
Country
Germany
Web Address
http://www.wattenmeer-nationalpark.de
Site Manager
Kai Eskildsen
Site Description
The tidal flats between Den Helder in the Netherlands and Esbjerg in Denmark are the largest continuous tidal flats in the world and one of the last areas in Europe where nature can still develop to a great extent without human influence. So that this can continue, the German coastal states declared it as National Parks: in 1985 the Schleswig- Holstein Wadden Sea, in 1986 Lower Saxony Wadden Sea and in 1990 the Hamburg Wadden Sea. The Wadden Sea in Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen and the Netherlands was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2009.
Last modified
2021-11-23 11:11:43

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1994
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
EUROPARC✖The affiliation of this site with "EUROPARC" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
LTER-D (Germany)✔ (LTER_EU_DE_004)This site is a verified "LTER-D (Germany)" member.
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 54.3167 Longitude: 8.93333

Size
ca. 441000.00ha
Elevation (average)
0.00msl
Elevation (min)
-40.00msl
Elevation (max)
12.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Marine
Coastal
Terrestrial
Biome
Coastal
Ecosystem Type
Coastal
Marine
Temperate shelfs and seas
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Coastal habitats (B)
Coastal habitats (B) » Coastal dunes and sandy shores (B1)
Coastal habitats (B) » Coastal dunes and sandy shores (B1) » Coastal dune heaths (B1.5)
Coastal habitats (B) » Coastal dunes and sandy shores (B1) » Coastal stable dune grassland (grey dunes) (B1.4)
Coastal habitats (B) » Coastal dunes and sandy shores (B1) » Moist and wet dune slacks (B1.8)
Coastal habitats (B) » Coastal dunes and sandy shores (B1) » Sand beach driftlines (B1.1)
Coastal habitats (B) » Coastal dunes and sandy shores (B1) » Sand beaches above the driftline (B1.2)
Coastal habitats (B) » Coastal dunes and sandy shores (B1) » Shifting coastal dunes (B1.3)
Habitat complexes (X)
Habitat complexes (X) » Bentho-pelagic habitats (X30)
Habitat complexes (X) » Brackish coastal lagoons (X03)
Habitat complexes (X) » Estuaries (X01)
Habitat complexes (X) » Saline coastal lagoons (X02)
Marine habitats (A)
Marine habitats (A) » Littoral sediment (A2)
Marine habitats (A) » Littoral sediment (A2) » Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds (A2.5)
Marine habitats (A) » Littoral sediment (A2) » Features of littoral sediment (A2.8)
Marine habitats (A) » Littoral sediment (A2) » Littoral coarse sediment (A2.1)
Marine habitats (A) » Littoral sediment (A2) » Littoral mixed sediments (A2.4)
Marine habitats (A) » Littoral sediment (A2) » Littoral mud (A2.3)
Marine habitats (A) » Littoral sediment (A2) » Littoral sand and muddy sand (A2.2)
Marine habitats (A) » Littoral sediment (A2) » Littoral sediments dominated by aquatic angiosperms (A2.6)
Marine habitats (A) » Pelagic water column (A7)
Marine habitats (A) » Pelagic water column (A7) » Completely mixed water column with full salinity (A7.3)
Marine habitats (A) » Pelagic water column (A7) » Completely mixed water column with reduced salinity (A7.2)
Marine habitats (A) » Pelagic water column (A7) » Unstratified water column with full salinity (A7.8)
Marine habitats (A) » Sublittoral sediment (A5)
Marine habitats (A) » Sublittoral sediment (A5) » Features of sublittoral sediments (A5.7)
Marine habitats (A) » Sublittoral sediment (A5) » Sublittoral biogenic reefs (A5.6)
Marine habitats (A) » Sublittoral sediment (A5) » Sublittoral coarse sediment (A5.1)
Marine habitats (A) » Sublittoral sediment (A5) » Sublittoral mixed sediments (A5.4)
Marine habitats (A) » Sublittoral sediment (A5) » Sublittoral mud (A5.3)
Marine habitats (A) » Sublittoral sediment (A5) » Sublittoral sand (A5.2)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
8.45°C
Precipitation Annual
828.70mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
partly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Catalog Service (CSW)
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Coverage Service (WCS)
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Feature Service (WFS)
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Map Service (WMS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Proprietary file format
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Boat
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
Yes
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Legal permission for dataset use is obtained
LTER Site Classification
Regular
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