Rivière· 7 segments
Pajaro River
Crosses 4 administrative regions : Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz
Total length
48km
Max discharge
14,9m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
7
River geography4 admin regions · 0 communes
4 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- Santa CruzCalifornia · United States18.3 kmin this dpt
- MontereyCalifornia · United States8.9 kmin this dpt
- Santa ClaraCalifornia · United States7.1 kmin this dpt
- San BenitoCalifornia · United States5.6 kmin this dpt
17 intersecting protected areas
Marine Protected Area
Taylor Ranch
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Pajaro River
IUCN VMitigation Bank
Silacci
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Preserve
Carnadero Preserve / Wang
IUCN Not AssignedPreserve
Cooley (Crown)
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Upper Pajaro River Fee
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
Borina (Home)
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
8 more protected areassorted by area
Borina (Kalich)
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Borina (Kane)
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Borina (Butier)
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Borina (Murphy)
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Borina (Hoyt)
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Borina (N Wiley)
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Borina (S Wiley)
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Cooley (Connell)
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
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Species present
461 distinct species · 16 097 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 Pajaro River : 33 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 98 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.9%, 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
48km
Max discharge
14,9m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
7
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.