Rivière· 63 segments

Housatonic River

Crosses 5 administrative regions : Berkshire, Dutchess, Fairfield, Litchfield, New Haven

rivière

Total length

236km

Max discharge

133,8m³/s

Max Strahler

Segments matched

River geography5 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-70800397004998 km²

5 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

Litchfield
Connecticut · United States
82.1 km
in this dpt
Berkshire
Massachusetts · United States
71.1 km
in this dpt
Fairfield
Connecticut · United States
22.0 km
in this dpt
New Haven
Connecticut · United States
20.0 km
in this dpt
Dutchess
New York · United States
0.8 km
in this dpt

30 intersecting protected areas

October Mountain
IUCN VI
State Forest
Sunny Valley Farm Site
IUCN V
Private Conservation Land
East Mountain
IUCN VI
State Forest
Beartown
IUCN VI
State Forest
Preston Mountain Club, Inc. 3
IUCN V
Club
Mt. Riga
IUCN V
Private Conservation Land
Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust
IUCN V
Preserve
Berkshire Natural Resources Council 267-399
IUCN Not Assigned
Conservation Easement
Kent Falls
IUCN III
State Park

21 more protected areassorted by area

Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Mangement Area Wildlife Management Area
IUCN VI
Marine Protected Area
Sky Farm CR
IUCN Not Assigned
Conservation Easement
Kent Land Trust Easement #
IUCN Not Assigned
Easement
National Audubon Society 6
IUCN V
Private Conservation
National Audubon Society Easement #
IUCN Not Assigned
Easement
Osbornedale
IUCN III
State Park
Housatonic Valley Association
IUCN Not Assigned
Easement
Bartholomews Cobble
IUCN V
PCL
Robbins Swamp
IUCN V
Easement
Southern Gateway
IUCN V
Preserve
Kent Land Trust, Inc. 20
IUCN V
Private Conservation
Murdock Cr
IUCN Not Assigned
Conservation Easement
Sheffield Land Trust 1
IUCN V
PCL
Bass Road Complex
IUCN V
Private Conservation
Housatonic Meadows
IUCN III
State Park
Bridgewater Land Trust, Inc. 2
IUCN V
Private Conservation
Indian Well
IUCN III
State Park
Lovers Leap State Park
IUCN III
Scenic Reserve
Salisbury School, Inc. 1
IUCN V
School
George C. Waldo
IUCN III
State Park
Hallock Hills
IUCN V
Nature Preserve

1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 63 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.

Species present

1 488 distinct species · 32 701 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 40 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 Housatonic River : 25 espèces reliées par 100 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 17 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

100

Connectance

0.116

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)