Rivière· 73 segments
Barrow
Crosses 12 administrative regions : Athy, Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick, Callan-Thomastown, Carlow, Castlecomer +7
Total length
181km
Max discharge
110,3m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
73
River geography12 admin regions · 0 communes
12 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- MuinebeagCarlow · Ireland41.9 kmin this dpt
- AthyKildare · Ireland33.4 kmin this dpt
- Graiguecullen-PortarlingtonLaois · Ireland31.8 kmin this dpt
- Borris-in-Ossory-MountmellickLaois · Ireland31.3 kmin this dpt
- Callan-ThomastownKilkenny · Ireland21.2 kmin this dpt
- New RossWexford · Ireland15.4 kmin this dpt
- PiltownKilkenny · Ireland7.8 kmin this dpt
- CarlowCarlow · Ireland7.7 kmin this dpt
- Kildare-NewbridgeKildare · Ireland7.3 kmin this dpt
- EdenderryOffaly · Ireland3.9 kmin this dpt
- CastlecomerKilkenny · Ireland3.8 kmin this dpt
- TullamoreOffaly · Ireland1.2 kmin this dpt
5 intersecting protected areas
Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
River Barrow and River Nore SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
Slieve Bloom Mountains SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Slieve Bloom Mountains
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
Mountmellick SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 73 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
589 distinct species · 2 001 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Barrow : 22 espèces reliées par 121 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 19.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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
181km
Max discharge
110,3m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
73
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.