Rivière· 23 segments

River Stour

Crosses 5 administrative regions : Bournemouth, Christchurch and Po, NA, Somerset

rivière

Total length

333km

Max discharge

22,2m³/s

Max Strahler

Segments matched

River geography5 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-20804120301231 km²

5 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

NA
England · United Kingdom
77.6 km
in this dpt
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Po
England · United Kingdom
2.6 km
in this dpt
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Po
England · United Kingdom
1.6 km
in this dpt
NA
England · United Kingdom
1.5 km
in this dpt
Somerset
England · United Kingdom
0.0 km
in this dpt

16 intersecting protected areas

Dorset
IUCN V
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
IUCN V
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Kingston Lacy
IUCN V
Nature Reserve
Moors River System
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Stourhead
IUCN V
Nature Reserve
Hod and Hambledon Hills
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Hambledon Hill
IUCN IV
National Nature Reserve
Piddles Wood
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Stour Valley
IUCN IV
Local Nature Reserve

7 more protected areassorted by area

Hod Hill
IUCN V
Nature Reserve
Millhams Mead
IUCN IV
Local Nature Reserve
Leigh Common
IUCN IV
Local Nature Reserve
Redhill Common
IUCN IV
Local Nature Reserve
Butts Pond Meadows, Sturminster Newton
IUCN IV
Local Nature Reserve
Walnut Tree Field
IUCN IV
Local Nature Reserve
Bryanston
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest

1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 23 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.

Species present

1 431 distinct species · 27 253 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 16 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de River Stour : 12 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 18 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 15.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

Connectance

0.150

Patrimoniales

Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)