Ruisseau
Wards Canal
Crosses 4 administrative regions : Lake Erie, Lucas, Ottawa, Wood
Total length
5km
Max discharge
1,6m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
1
River geography4 admin regions · 0 communes
4 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
2 intersecting protected areas
Howard Farms Land Acquisition
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Area
Metzger Marsh
IUCN VWildlife Area
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 1 HydroRIVERS v10 segment). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
483 distinct species · 124 055 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Wards Canal : 23 espèces reliées par 57 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.5%, 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
5km
Max discharge
1,6m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
1
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.