Rivière· 4 segments
Blackwater River
Crosses 6 administrative regions : Athlone, Ballinasloe, Birr, Killaloe, Limerick City +1
Total length
1 165km
Max discharge
125,4m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
4
River geography6 admin regions · 0 communes
6 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- KillaloeClare · Ireland6.5 kmin this dpt
- ShannonClare · Ireland5.7 kmin this dpt
- BirrOffaly · Ireland2.7 kmin this dpt
- BallinasloeGalway · Ireland2.1 kmin this dpt
- Limerick CityLimerick · Ireland0.0 kmin this dpt
- AthloneRoscommon · Ireland0.0 kmin this dpt
6 intersecting protected areas
Lower River Shannon SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
River Shannon Callows SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Middle Shannon Callows SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Suck River Callows NHA
IUCN IVNatural Heritage Area
River Suck Callows SPA
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Glenomra Wood SAC
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 4 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
422 distinct species · 1 206 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 Blackwater River : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 77 interactions GloBI sur 7 types (connectance 12.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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
1 165km
Max discharge
125,4m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
4
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.