Ruisseau· 5 segments

Water of Leith

Crosses 2 administrative regions : City of Edinburgh, West Lothian

ruisseau

Total length

48km

Max discharge

3,1m³/s

Max Strahler

Segments matched

River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-20800527802398 km²

2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

City of Edinburgh
Scotland · United Kingdom
16.0 km
in this dpt
West Lothian
Scotland · United Kingdom
6.3 km
in this dpt

11 intersecting protected areas

Outer Firth of Forth and St Andrews Bay Complex
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
Pentland Hills
IUCN Not Reported
Regional Park
Firth of Forth
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Firth of Forth
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network
Firth of Forth
IUCN Not Reported
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
Firth of Forth
IUCN Not Reported
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)
Arthur's Seat Volcano
IUCN III
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Corstorphine Hill
IUCN Not Reported
Local Nature Reserve
Easter Craiglockhart Hill
IUCN Not Reported
Local Nature Reserve

2 more protected areassorted by area

Wester Craiglockhart Hill
IUCN IV
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Imperial Dock Lock, Leith
IUCN Not Reported
Emerald Network

1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 5 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.

Species present

2 617 distinct species · 42 890 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 35 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Water of Leith : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 130 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 19.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

130

Connectance

0.195

Patrimoniales

Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)