Ruisseau
Black Sike
Crosses 2 administrative regions : County Durham, Cumbria
Total length
40km
Max discharge
3,2m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
1
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- County DurhamEngland · United Kingdom6.1 kmin this dpt
- CumbriaEngland · United Kingdom0.0 kmin this dpt
6 intersecting protected areas
North Pennines
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
North Pennine Moors
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
Moor House - Upper Teesdale
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
Upper Teesdale
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Appleby Fells
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Moor House-Upper Teesdale
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 1 HydroRIVERS v10 segment). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
1 276 distinct species · 8 148 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Sike : 21 espèces dont 4 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 98 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 13.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 18 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
40km
Max discharge
3,2m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
1
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.