Ruisseau· 32 segments
Kishwaukee River South Branch
Crosses 6 administrative regions : Boone, De Kalb, Kane, McHenry, Ogle +1
Total length
136km
Max discharge
11,1m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
32
River geography6 admin regions · 0 communes
6 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
28 intersecting protected areas
Wildlife Area
Blackhawk Springs
IUCN VForest Preserve
Marengo Ridge 11
IUCN VConservation Area
Kishwaukee
IUCN Not AssignedGreenway
Kishwaukee Corridor 14
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
Kishwaukee
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
Kishwaukee Corridor 6
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
Kishwaukee Corridor 18
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
Conservation Area
19 more protected areassorted by area
Kishwaukee Corridor 11
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
Coon Creek 6
IUCN VConservation Area
Kishwaukee Corridor 17
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
Kishwaukee Corridor 21
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
Espenscheid Memorial
IUCN Not AssignedMemorial Forest
Kishwaukee Corridor 16
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
Kishwaukee Corridor 19
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
Kishwaukee Corridor 15
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
Kishwaukee Corridor 3
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
Kishwaukee Corridor 2
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
Prairie Oaks
IUCN VForest Preserve
Freeman Kame
IUCN VNature Preserve
Kishwaukee Corridor 22
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
Clearwater Legacy 3
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
Kishwaukee Corridor 20
IUCN Not AssignedCorridor
Lakehead
IUCN VEasement
Freeman Kame
IUCN VConservation Area
Hoppe Farmstead
IUCN VForest Preserve
Kishwaukee
IUCN VCorridor
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Species present
856 distinct species · 11 856 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Kishwaukee River South Branch : 34 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 84 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.8%, 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
136km
Max discharge
11,1m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
32
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.