Ruisseau
Sandside Burn
Crosses 1 administrative regions : Highland
Total length
12km
Max discharge
0,5m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
River geography1 admin regions · 0 communes
1 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- HighlandScotland · United Kingdom7.2 kmin this dpt
9 intersecting protected areas
The Flow Country
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
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)
North Caithness Cliffs
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
North Caithness Cliffs
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area (OSPAR)
East Halladale
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Red Point Coast
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Sandside Bay
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
342 distinct species · 585 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 Sandside Burn : 37 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 66 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 6.4%, 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
12km
Max discharge
0,5m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.