Ruisseau
Union Canal
Crosses 2 administrative regions : City of Edinburgh, Midlothian
Total length
89km
Max discharge
0,6m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- City of EdinburghScotland · United Kingdom9.3 kmin this dpt
- MidlothianScotland · United Kingdom0.0 kmin this dpt
3 intersecting protected areas
Pentland Hills
IUCN Not ReportedRegional Park
Balerno Common
IUCN IVSite of Special Scientific Interest
Red Moss of Balerno
IUCN IVNature Reserve
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Species present
2 554 distinct species · 36 982 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Union Canal : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 129 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 23.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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
89km
Max discharge
0,6m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
1
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.