Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Complex
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 1987
1 749 km²
State · usa
United States
Species observed
10 807
Observations
5 908 303
Area
5 296,2km²
Sample of 33 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).
Tissu écologique de Delaware : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 78 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 14.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
10 807 distinct species · 5 908 303 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
13,7°C
Annual rain
1 172mm
Warmest m°
29,1°C
Coldest m°
-1,2°C
Elevation: 14 m on average (min -16 m, max 125 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
5,2
Org. C
49,5g/kg
Clay
15,7%
Sand
48,0%
Silt
36,3%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
887,8km
Lake surface here
35,00km²
Basins crossed
13
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
28 584km²
Discharge in basins
148,1m³/s
Mean precip.
1 087mm/an
Mean T°
12,9°C
Moisture idx
0,00
Max snow
5%
Mean runoff
548mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
19m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
4,9nW
Built-up
230,2%
Pesticides
32,7kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 1987
1 749 km²
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 1992
1 146 km²
Conservation Easement
146 km²
Easement
139 km²
Marine Protected Area · 1937
62 km²
National Wildlife Refuge · 1937
62 km²
+ 40 protected areas (top 60 shown)
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN