Ruisseau· 13 segments
River Ely
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Cardiff, NA, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Total length
42km
Max discharge
4,6m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
13
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- Rhondda Cynon TafWales · United Kingdom18.6 kmin this dpt
- NAWales · United Kingdom14.3 kmin this dpt
- CardiffWales · United Kingdom7.0 kmin this dpt
6 intersecting protected areas
Rhos Tonyrefail
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Ely Valley
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Cardiff Bay Wetlands And Hamadryad Park
IUCN Not ReportedLocal Nature Reserve
Lanlay Meadows
IUCN VNature Reserve
Cwm Cydfin, Leckwith
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 13 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
2 169 distinct species · 29 265 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 River Ely : 19 espèces reliées par 113 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 17.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 17 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
42km
Max discharge
4,6m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
13
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.