Rivière· 16 segments
River Helmsdale
Crosses 1 administrative regions : Highland
Total length
39km
Max discharge
15,5m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
16
River geography1 admin regions · 0 communes
1 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- HighlandScotland · United Kingdom50.3 kmin this dpt
10 intersecting protected areas
The Flow Country
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Moray Firth
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
Moray Firth
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
Moray Firth
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
Caithness & Sutherland Peatlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
Knockfin Heights
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Badanloch Bogs
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
1 more protected areassorted by area
Helmsdale Coast
IUCN IIISite of Special Scientific Interest
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 16 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
722 distinct species · 2 044 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Helmsdale : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 74 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
39km
Max discharge
15,5m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
16
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.