Ruisseau· 9 segments
Sassafras River
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Cecil, Kent, New Castle
Total length
33km
Max discharge
2,1m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
9
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- KentMaryland · United States10.6 kmin this dpt
- CecilMaryland · United States8.9 kmin this dpt
- New CastleDelaware · United States2.1 kmin this dpt
2 intersecting protected areas
Maryland Environmental Trust Easement #27
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
Maryland Environmental Trust Easement #28
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
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Species present
323 distinct species · 5 680 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Sassafras River : 32 espèces reliées par 96 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.7%, 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
33km
Max discharge
2,1m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
9
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.