Ruisseau
Little Ditch
Crosses 1 administrative regions : NA
Total length
2km
Max discharge
0,2m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
River geography1 admin regions · 0 communes
1 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- NAEngland · United Kingdom3.0 kmin this dpt
13 intersecting protected areas
Essex Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
Essex Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
Marine Conservation Zone
Blackwater, Crouch, Roach and Colne Estuaries
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
Blackwater Estuary
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
Blackwater Estuary
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
Blackwater Estuary
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 4)
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 4)
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
4 more protected areassorted by area
Blackwater Estuary
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
Old Hall Marshes
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Ray Island
IUCN VNature Reserve
Copt Hall Marshes
IUCN VNature Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 1 HydroRIVERS v10 segment). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
2 335 distinct species · 109 885 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Little Ditch : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 89 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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
2km
Max discharge
0,2m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.