Rivière· 89 segments
Cottonwood River
Crosses 8 administrative regions : Brown, Chase, Cottonwood, Lyon, Marion +2
Total length
592km
Max discharge
32,1m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
89
River geography8 admin regions · 0 communes
8 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- ChaseKansas · United States109.2 kmin this dpt
- BrownMinnesota · United States87.5 kmin this dpt
- LyonKansas · United States79.9 kmin this dpt
- RedwoodMinnesota · United States54.9 kmin this dpt
- MarionKansas · United States51.3 kmin this dpt
- LyonMinnesota · United States44.1 kmin this dpt
- CottonwoodMinnesota · United States1.2 kmin this dpt
- NicolletMinnesota · United States0.1 kmin this dpt
30 intersecting protected areas
Martin County
IUCN VWaterfowl Production Area
Greater Flint Hills Fee
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
Easement
National Wildlife Refuge
Big Stone County
IUCN VWaterfowl Production Area
Reserve Program
Reserve Program
Pope County
IUCN VWaterfowl Production Area
Permanent
IUCN VWetland Preserve
21 more protected areassorted by area
Permanent
IUCN VWetland Preserve
Easement
Greater Flint Hills
IUCN VConservation Easement
Easement
Easement
Reserve Program
Greater Flint Hills
IUCN VConservation Easement
Conservation Easement
Lamberton
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
Reserve Program
Two Rivers
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
Amiret
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
Reserve Program
Sodus
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
Chase State
IUCN VFishing Lake And Wildlife Area
Reserve Program
Brakke
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
Natural Area
Natural Area
Deer Lane
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
Wahpeton Prairie
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
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Species present
407 distinct species · 3 603 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 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 Cottonwood River : 37 espèces reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
592km
Max discharge
32,1m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
89
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.