Ruisseau
Black Ditch
Crosses 1 administrative regions : Somerset
Total length
26km
Max discharge
0,5m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
River geography1 admin regions · 0 communes
1 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- SomersetEngland · United Kingdom4.9 kmin this dpt
8 intersecting protected areas
Somerset Levels and Moors
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
Somerset Levels and Moors
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
Somerset Wetlands
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Tealham and Tadham Moors
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Ham Wall
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Shapwick Heath
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Westhay Heath
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
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Species present
3 315 distinct species · 78 229 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Black Ditch : 29 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 74 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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
26km
Max discharge
0,5m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.