Ruisseau· 18 segments
Fiume Alcantara
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Catania, Messina
Total length
49km
Max discharge
4,8m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
18
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- CataniaSicily · Italy50.2 kmin this dpt
- MessinaSicily · Italy9.5 kmin this dpt
7 intersecting protected areas
Parco dei Nebrodi
IUCN IVRegional/Provincial Nature Park
Monti Nebrodi
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Parco dell' Etna
IUCN IVRegional/Provincial Nature Park
Alta Valle del Fiume Alcantara
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Regional/Provincial Nature Park
Contrada Sorbera e Contrada Gibiotti
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Riserva naturale del Fiume Alcantara
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
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Species present
292 distinct species · 876 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 Fiume Alcantara : 37 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 120 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.6%, 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).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
49km
Max discharge
4,8m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
18
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.