Ruisseau
Thornton Creek
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Lake Ontario, Toronto
Total length
105km
Max discharge
1m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
1
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- TorontoOntario · Canada6.4 kmin this dpt
- Lake OntarioOntario · Canada0.1 kmin this dpt
4 intersecting protected areas
Morningside Park
IUCN IVConservation Area
Conservation Area
East Point Park
IUCN IVConservation Area
Colonel Danforth Park
IUCN IVConservation Area
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Species present
1 544 distinct species · 101 782 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 Thornton Creek : 31 espèces reliées par 93 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
105km
Max discharge
1,0m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
1
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.