Ruisseau· 16 segments

Dead River

Crosses 5 administrative regions : Lake, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Marquette, Sudbury

ruisseau

Total length

277km

Max discharge

4,6m³/s

Max Strahler

Segments matched

River geography5 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-7080368660483 km²

5 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

Marquette
Michigan · United States
66.5 km
in this dpt
Sudbury
Ontario · Canada
21.9 km
in this dpt
Lake Michigan
Illinois · United States
6.9 km
in this dpt
Lake Superior
Michigan · United States
4.0 km
in this dpt
Lake
Illinois · United States
2.5 km
in this dpt

14 intersecting protected areas

Gwinn State Forest Area
IUCN V
State Forest
Marquette Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve
IUCN IV
Marine Protected Area
Spanish River Provincial Park (Waterway Class)
IUCN II
Provincial Park
Biscotasi Lake Provincial Park (Natural Environment Class)
IUCN II
Provincial Park
Mccormick
IUCN Ib
Wilderness
Chiwaukee Illinois Beach Lake Plain
IUCN IV
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
Illinois Beach Nature Preserve
IUCN Ia
Marine Protected Area
North Dunes Nature Preserve
IUCN Ia
Marine Protected Area
Braastad
IUCN V
Nature Preserve

5 more protected areassorted by area

Vielmetti Peters
IUCN V
Reserve
Illinois Beach
IUCN Not Assigned
Nature Preserve
10-52-0013
IUCN Not Assigned
Conservation Easement
92-03-0041
IUCN Not Assigned
Conservation Easement
11-52-0044
IUCN Not Assigned
Conservation Easement

1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 16 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.

Species present

887 distinct species · 16 572 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 39 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

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Dead River : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 80 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

Connectance

0.108

Patrimoniales

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)