Ruisseau· 3 segments
Mells River
Crosses 1 administrative regions : Somerset
Total length
8km
Max discharge
2,4m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
3
River geography1 admin regions · 0 communes
1 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- SomersetEngland · United Kingdom13.6 kmin this dpt
8 intersecting protected areas
Mendip Woodlands
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
Asham Wood
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Cloford Quarry
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Mells Valley
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
Vallis Vale
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Holwell Quarries
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Leighton Road Cutting
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Old Ironstone Works, Mells
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 3 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
1 904 distinct species · 16 203 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Mells River : 22 espèces reliées par 72 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 14.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
8km
Max discharge
2,4m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
3
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.