Rivière· 32 segments
Rideau River
Crosses 5 administrative regions : Communauté-Urbaine-de-l'Outaouai, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Ottawa, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Total length
117km
Max discharge
71,3m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
32
River geography5 admin regions · 0 communes
5 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- Leeds and GrenvilleOntario · Canada79.3 kmin this dpt
- OttawaOntario · Canada62.1 kmin this dpt
- LanarkOntario · Canada9.3 kmin this dpt
- Stormont, Dundas and GlengarryOntario · Canada0.0 kmin this dpt
- Communauté-Urbaine-de-l'OutaouaiQuébec · Canada0.0 kmin this dpt
11 intersecting protected areas
Rideau Canal National Historic Site
IUCN Not ApplicableNational Historic Site
Rideau Bird Sanctuary
IUCN Not ReportedMigratory Bird Sanctuary
Leamy lake park
IUCN IVValued Natural Habitat
Pinhey Forest
IUCN IIIValued Natural Habitat
Provincial Park
Rideau River, Hog's Back
IUCN IVValued Natural Habitat
Mccarthy Woods
IUCN IVValued Natural Habitat
Black Rapids Creek
IUCN IVValued Natural Habitat
Rockcliffe Park
IUCN IVValued Natural Habitat
2 more protected areassorted by area
DUC Fee Simple Lands
IUCN IVOwnership by Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
Jacques-Cartier Park
IUCN Not ApplicableOECM
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 32 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
588 distinct species · 7 936 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Rideau River : 24 espèces reliées par 69 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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
117km
Max discharge
71,3m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
32
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.