Rivière· 37 segments
Rio Ave
Crosses 9 administrative regions : Cabeceiras de Basto, Guimarães, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Póvoa de Varzim, Santo Tirso +4
Total length
102km
Max discharge
43m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
37
River geography9 admin regions · 0 communes
9 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- GuimarãesBraga · Portugal27.3 kmin this dpt
- Vila do CondePorto · Portugal18.9 kmin this dpt
- Santo TirsoPorto · Portugal12.4 kmin this dpt
- Póvoa de LanhosoBraga · Portugal11.6 kmin this dpt
- Vila Nova de FamalicãoBraga · Portugal10.9 kmin this dpt
- Vieira do MinhoBraga · Portugal9.3 kmin this dpt
- TrofaPorto · Portugal4.6 kmin this dpt
- Póvoa de VarzimPorto · Portugal0.0 kmin this dpt
- Cabeceiras de BastoBraga · Portugal0.0 kmin this dpt
1 intersecting protected areas
Regional Protected Landscape
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 37 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
312 distinct species · 1 059 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Rio Ave : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 99 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 13.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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
102km
Max discharge
43,0m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
37
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.