Ruisseau
River Balder
Crosses 1 administrative regions : County Durham
Total length
13km
Max discharge
1,5m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
1
River geography1 admin regions · 0 communes
1 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- County DurhamEngland · United Kingdom9.1 kmin this dpt
11 intersecting protected areas
North Pennines
IUCN VArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty
North Pennine Moors
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
North Pennine Moors
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
Lune Forest
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Cotherstone Moor
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
North Pennine Dales Meadows
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
Shipley and Great Woods
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Baldersdale Woodlands
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Hannah's Meadows
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
2 more protected areassorted by area
Mere Beck Meadows
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Hunder Beck Juniper
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 1 HydroRIVERS v10 segment). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
683 distinct species · 3 683 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 River Balder : 15 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 85 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 28.3%, 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
13km
Max discharge
1,5m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
1
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.