Rivière· 47 segments
Rio Cávado
Crosses 9 administrative regions : Amares, Barcelos, Braga, Esposende, Montalegre +4
Total length
130km
Max discharge
50,9m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
47
River geography9 admin regions · 0 communes
9 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- MontalegreVila Real · Portugal36.1 kmin this dpt
- BarcelosBraga · Portugal30.4 kmin this dpt
- AmaresBraga · Portugal15.6 kmin this dpt
- EsposendeBraga · Portugal9.3 kmin this dpt
- Vila VerdeBraga · Portugal6.0 kmin this dpt
- Vieira do MinhoBraga · Portugal5.0 kmin this dpt
- BragaBraga · Portugal3.3 kmin this dpt
- Terras de BouroBraga · Portugal3.1 kmin this dpt
- Póvoa de LanhosoBraga · Portugal2.7 kmin this dpt
6 intersecting protected areas
Peneda / Gerês
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
Peneda-Geres
IUCN IINational Park
Serra do Gerês
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Litoral Norte
IUCN VNature Park
Litoral Norte
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
Litoral Norte
IUCN Not ReportedSite of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 47 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
388 distinct species · 1 363 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Cávado : 29 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 79 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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
130km
Max discharge
50,9m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
47
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.