Rivière· 3 segments
Chenal de Cotonou
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Aguégués, Cotonou, Sô-Ava
Total length
4km
Max discharge
283,9m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
3
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
1 intersecting protected areas
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 3 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
120 distinct species · 2 045 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Chenal de Cotonou : 34 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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
4km
Max discharge
283,9m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
3
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.