Niagara River Corridor
IUCN IaWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2019
52 km²
County · USA
Niagara
United States
DfbCold, no dry season, warm summer(60 %)
Species observed
2 448
Observations
338 136
Area
1 363,7km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Niagara : 23 espèces reliées par 74 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 13.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
34
Interactions affichées
74
Connectance
0.132
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
2 448 distinct species · 338 136 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
9,1°C
Annual rain
1 006mm
Warmest m°
25,1°C
Coldest m°
-6,4°C
Elevation: 140 m on average (min 63 m, max 196 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
9,1°C
Annual rain
1 006mm
Warmest month
25,1°C
Coldest month
-6,4°C
Mean alt.
140m
Min
63m
Max
196m
Std. dev.
39m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
DfbCold, no dry season, warm summer(60 %)Cold
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
6,5
Org. C
37,3g/kg
Clay
23,9%
Sand
35,5%
Silt
40,5%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
64,0g/kg
Clay
24,3%
Sand
35,0%
Silt
40,7%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
6,5
Org. C
31,6g/kg
Clay
23,7%
Sand
35,7%
Silt
40,6%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
6,5
Org. C
16,2g/kg
Clay
23,8%
Sand
35,9%
Silt
40,3%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest45.3%
Crops17.5%
Built-up1.9%
Bare soil0.7%
Other (grassland, water…)34.7%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology8 basins · 8 lakes · 25 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
271,4km
Lake surface here
11,89km²
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
695 825km²
Discharge in basins
4 745,6m³/s
Mean precip.
850mm/an
Mean T°
8,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,04
Max snow
20%
Mean runoff
405mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
150m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Tonawanda Creeksub-area1 892,5 km²overlap382.68 km²28%
- Bassin de Duffins Creeksub-area2 021,8 km²overlap312.30 km²23%
- Bassin de East Branch Eighteenmile Creeksub-area594,1 km²overlap308.31 km²23%
- Bassin de Johnson Creeksub-area449,8 km²overlap116.38 km²9%
- Bassin de Fish Creeksub-area400,8 km²overlap111.26 km²8%
- Bassin de Niagara Riversub-area582,6 km²overlap83.66 km²6%
- Bassin de Golden Hill Creeksub-area296,3 km²overlap47.39 km²3%
- Bassin de Oak Orchard Riversub-area930 km²overlap1.69 km²0%
Lakes (8, top by area)
Rivers / streams (25, ord ≥ 4)
- East Branch Eighteenmile Creekord 2len here35.57 km100%total36 km
- Erie Canalord 5len here30.16 km14%total212 km
- Twelvemile Creekord 3len here29.89 km52%total58 km
- Tonawanda Creekord 4len here29.77 km16%total181 km
- Fish Creekord 8len here24.43 km9%total277 km
- Eighteenmile Creekord 3len here21.52 km44%total48 km
- East Branch Twelvemile Creekord 2len here15.00 km96%total16 km
- Bull Creekord 2len here10.38 km50%total21 km
- Sawyer Creekord 2len here9.25 km50%total19 km
- Mud Creekord 5len here8.50 km2%total471 km
- Cayuga Creekord 3len here7.09 km11%total65 km
- Keg Creekord 1len here7.01 km56%total13 km
13 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Hopkins Creekord 2len here6.97 km17%total41 km
- Marsh Creekord 2len here6.94 km6%total120 km
- Niagara Riverord 8len here5.19 km19%total27 km
- Eighteenmile Creek West Branchord 1len here4.72 km100%total5 km
- Golden Hill Creekord 1len here4.04 km100%total4 km
- Johnson Creekord 3len here3.97 km3%total118 km
- Black Creekord 5len here3.46 km0%total960 km
- Niagara River – Tonawanda Channelord 4len here3.05 km19%total16 km
- Little Riverord 4len here2.45 km1%total258 km
- Gill Creekord 1len here0.96 km46%total2 km
- Ellicott Creekord 4len here0.92 km1%total63 km
- Murder Creekord 2len here0.11 km0%total38 km
- Beeman Creekord 1len here0.08 km1%total11 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
3,2nW
Built-up
184,8%
Pesticides
42,3kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas5
IUCN V · 4IUCN Ia · 1
Tonawanda
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
23 km²
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Niagara, NY
IUCN VReserve Program · 1993
3 km²
Hartland Swamp
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
2 km²
Niagara County Lands
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
0 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN