Rivière· 30 segments
Des Plaines River
Crosses 5 administrative regions : Cook, Dupage, Kenosha, Lake, Will
Total length
214km
Max discharge
25,8m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
30
River geography5 admin regions · 0 communes
5 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
30 intersecting protected areas
Plank Road Meadow Boat Launch
IUCN Not AssignedForest Reserve
Wildlife Area
Independence Grove
IUCN VForest Preserve
Sedge Meadow
IUCN VForest Preserve
Captain Daniel Wright Woods
IUCN Not AssignedForest Preserve
Edward L. Ryerson
IUCN VConservation Area
Mckinley Woods
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
MacArthur Woods
IUCN VNature Preserve
Lower Rock Run
IUCN VPreserve
21 more protected areassorted by area
Joliet Junction
IUCN Not AssignedTrail
Prairie Stream
IUCN VForest Preserve
Sagawau Canyon
IUCN VNature Preserve
Wood Ridge 1
IUCN VForest Reserve
Forest Preserve
Cahokia Flatwoods
IUCN VForest Preserve
Keepataw
IUCN VPreserve
Casey Road South
IUCN VNature Preserve
Rock Run Rookery
IUCN VPreserve
Paw Paw Woods
IUCN VNature Preserve
Reserve Program
Village Of Gurnee
IUCN VOpen Space
L10
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Preserve
Wetland
Gowe
IUCN VPark
Brookfield Prairie
IUCN VConservation Area
MacArthur Woods
IUCN VConservation Area
Independence Grove
IUCN VForest Preserve
Wildlife Refuge
Santa Fe Prairie
IUCN VNature Preserve
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Species present
888 distinct species · 26 225 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Des Plaines River : 32 espèces reliées par 72 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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
214km
Max discharge
25,8m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
30
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.