Ruisseau· 9 segments

Little Cottonwood River

Crosses 4 administrative regions : Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Nicollet

ruisseau

Total length

136km

Max discharge

3,4m³/s

Max Strahler

Segments matched

River geography4 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-70804358601560 km²

4 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

Brown
Minnesota · United States
76.5 km
in this dpt
Cottonwood
Minnesota · United States
10.7 km
in this dpt
Blue Earth
Minnesota · United States
3.8 km
in this dpt
Nicollet
Minnesota · United States
0.3 km
in this dpt

18 intersecting protected areas

Martin County
IUCN V
Waterfowl Production Area
Reinvest in Minnesota Reserve Partnership
IUCN V
Easement
Pope County
IUCN V
Waterfowl Production Area
Permanent
IUCN V
Wetland Preserve
Permanent
IUCN V
Wetland Preserve
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program I
IUCN V
Easement
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Blue Earth, MN
IUCN V
Reserve Program
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Brown, MN
IUCN V
Reserve Program
Bashaw
IUCN V
State Wildlife Management Area

9 more protected areassorted by area

Rock Ridge Prairie State Scientific and
IUCN V
Natural Area
Verona
IUCN V
State Wildlife Management Area
Riecks Slough
IUCN V
State Wildlife Management Area
Winding Creek
IUCN V
State Wildlife Management Area
William A. Groebner
IUCN V
State Wildlife Management Area
Terri
IUCN V
State Wildlife Management Area
Middle Creek
IUCN V
State Wildlife Management Area
Meadowlark Acres
IUCN V
State Wildlife Management Area
Albin
IUCN V
State Wildlife Management Area

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Species present

145 distinct species · 630 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 35 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 Little Cottonwood River : 26 espèces reliées par 73 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

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)