Ruisseau
Ribeira do Faial
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Machico, Santana
Total length
2km
Max discharge
0m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- SantanaMadeira · Portugal7.2 kmin this dpt
- MachicoMadeira · Portugal0.0 kmin this dpt
7 intersecting protected areas
Parque Natural da Madeira
IUCN VINature Park
Laurissilva da Madeira
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Laurissilva da Madeira
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Laurisilva of Madeira
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Maciço Montanhoso Central da Ilha da Madeira
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Maciço Montanhoso Oriental da Ilha da Madeira
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Natural Monument
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 1 HydroRIVERS v10 segment). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
1 202 distinct species · 10 293 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 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 Ribeira do Faial : 35 espèces reliées par 106 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.7%, 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
2km
Max discharge
0,0m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.