Rivière· 83 segments
Kankakee River
Crosses 10 administrative regions : Grundy, Jasper, Kankakee, LaPorte, Lake +5
Total length
215km
Max discharge
175,9m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
83
River geography10 admin regions · 0 communes
10 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- KankakeeIllinois · United States93.5 kmin this dpt
- WillIllinois · United States48.9 kmin this dpt
- LaPorteIndiana · United States48.5 kmin this dpt
- JasperIndiana · United States21.5 kmin this dpt
- LakeIndiana · United States20.9 kmin this dpt
- StarkeIndiana · United States20.6 kmin this dpt
- PorterIndiana · United States18.3 kmin this dpt
- NewtonIndiana · United States10.5 kmin this dpt
- GrundyIllinois · United States8.7 kmin this dpt
- Saint JosephIndiana · United States8.5 kmin this dpt
30 intersecting protected areas
Kingsbury
IUCN VFish And Wildlife Area
Jasper-Pulaski
IUCN VFish And Wildlife Area
Wildlife Area
Kankakee Fish and
IUCN VWildlife Area
Lasalle State
IUCN VFish And Wildlife Area
Kankakee River
IUCN Not AssignedNature Preserve
Goose Lake Prairie
IUCN VState Natural Area
Reserve Program
Reserve Program
21 more protected areassorted by area
Conservation Easement
Reserve Program
Reserve Program
Grand Kankakee Marsh
IUCN VNature Preserve
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Il
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Momencee Wetlands
IUCN VState Natural Area
Preserve
Mckinley Woods
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
Kankakee River Swampland
IUCN VNatural Area
Aukiki Wetland
IUCN VConservation Area
Conservation Easement
Wilmington Shrub Prairie
IUCN VState Natural Area
Hitts Siding Prairie
IUCN VState Natural Area
Nipsco Savanna Site Fee
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
Evans-Judge Preserve 1
IUCN VPreserve
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program - Wetland Reserve Easements (ACEP-WRE), La Porte, IN
IUCN VConservation Easement
Heiland
IUCN VForest Preserve
Forsythe Woods County
IUCN VForest Preserve
Waldron Arboretum
IUCN VArboretum
Gar Creek Trail and Prairie Restor
IUCN Not AssignedTrail
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program - Wetland Reserve Easements (ACEP-WRE), LaPorte, IN
IUCN VConservation Easement
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 83 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
154 distinct species · 1 270 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 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 Kankakee River : 34 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 111 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.2%, 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
215km
Max discharge
175,9m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
83
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.