Ontologia

Ruisseau· 27 segments

Charles River

Crosses 4 administrative regions : Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester

ruisseau

Total length

148km

Max discharge

19,2m³/s

Max Strahler

3

Segments matched

27

River geography4 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-7080039250756 km²

4 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

  • Norfolk
    Massachusetts · United States
    40.6 km
    in this dpt
  • Middlesex
    Massachusetts · United States
    32.4 km
    in this dpt
  • Suffolk
    Massachusetts · United States
    6.5 km
    in this dpt
  • Worcester
    Massachusetts · United States
    5.4 km
    in this dpt

30 intersecting protected areas

21 more protected areas

1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 27 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.

Species present

1 626 distinct species · 63 105 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 49 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Charles River : 38 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 96 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
49
Interactions affichées
96
Connectance
0.082
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)

Total length

148km

Max discharge

19,2m³/s

Max Strahler

3

Segments matched

27

HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.