Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · usa
Niagara River Corridor
- Area
- 52 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ia
- Year
- 2019
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- Ia · Réserve naturelle intégrale
Protection stricte, accès limité aux fins scientifiques
- Established
- 2019
- Managing authority
- Niagara River Greenway Commission
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
4 722 distinct species · 1 111 680 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 Niagara River Corridor : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 84 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.6%, 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).
Hydrology5 basins · 2 lakes · 11 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
38,3km
Lake surface here
3,30km²
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
682 646km²
Discharge in basins
601,8m³/s
Mean precip.
924mm/an
Mean T°
8,2°C
Moisture idx
0,04
Max snow
18%
Mean runoff
382mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
210m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Tonawanda Creeksub-area1 892,5 km²overlap23.35 km²45%
- Bassin de Niagara Riversub-area582,6 km²overlap13.76 km²26%
- Bassin de Niagara River – Chippawa Channelsub-area267,9 km²overlap10.90 km²21%
- Bassin de South Branch of Smoke Creeksub-area352,4 km²overlap2.44 km²5%
- Bassin de Buffalo Creeksub-area1 186,6 km²overlap2.01 km²4%
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (11, ord ≥ 4)
- Niagara River – Tonawanda Channelord 4len here13.22 km80%total16 km
- Niagara Riverord 8len here10.32 km38%total27 km
- Fish Creekord 8len here5.78 km2%total277 km
- Little Riverord 4len here3.81 km1%total258 km
- Buffalo Riverord 4len here1.89 km10%total20 km
- Gill Creekord 1len here1.12 km54%total2 km
- Black Rock Channelord 1len here0.61 km11%total5 km
- Tonawanda Channelord 1len here0.55 km12%total5 km
- Niagara River – Chippawa Channelord 8len here0.47 km1%total32 km
- Cayuga Creekord 3len here0.44 km1%total65 km
- Two Mile Creekord 1len here0.13 km15%total1 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 43.07415, -79.02254
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.