Ruisseau· 6 segments
Emscher
Crosses 5 administrative regions : Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Oberhausen, Recklinghausen
Total length
88km
Max discharge
2,9m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
6
River geography5 admin regions · 0 communes
5 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- DortmundNordrhein-Westfalen · Germany11.3 kmin this dpt
- RecklinghausenNordrhein-Westfalen · Germany7.2 kmin this dpt
- GelsenkirchenNordrhein-Westfalen · Germany2.8 kmin this dpt
- OberhausenNordrhein-Westfalen · Germany0.7 kmin this dpt
- HerneNordrhein-Westfalen · Germany0.6 kmin this dpt
30 intersecting protected areas
Landscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
LSG-Westerholt - Herten
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
LSG Mengede
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
LSG-Emscheraue
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
LSG Deusen-Ellinghausen
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Nature Reserve
21 more protected areassorted by area
LSG Groppenbruch
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
NSG Im Siesack
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Landscape Protection Area
NSG Mengeder Heide
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Landscape Protection Area
LSG Brüninghausen
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
NSG Hertener Schlosswald
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Landscape Protection Area
LSG Oestrich
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
NSG Hertener Emscherbruch
IUCN IVNature Reserve
NSG Hallerey
IUCN IVNature Reserve
LSG-Horsthausen
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
LSG-Grafenbusch
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
NSG Bolmke
IUCN IVNature Reserve
NSG Beerenbruch
IUCN IVNature Reserve
LSG-Emscherniederung
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
NSG Mengeder Heide
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Nature Reserve
NSG Brandhorster Wald
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Nature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 6 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
1 678 distinct species · 6 170 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Emscher : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 116 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 20.7%, 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
88km
Max discharge
2,9m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
6
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.