Ruisseau· 14 segments

West Branch DuPage River

Crosses 3 administrative regions : Cook, Dupage, Will

ruisseau

Total length

56km

Max discharge

6,1m³/s

Max Strahler

Segments matched

River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-70805057703824 km²

3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

Dupage
Illinois · United States
59.4 km
in this dpt
Will
Illinois · United States
4.8 km
in this dpt
Cook
Illinois · United States
0.8 km
in this dpt

26 intersecting protected areas

Blackwell 23
IUCN Not Assigned
Forest Reserve
Hawk Hollow 2
IUCN Not Assigned
Forest Reserve
West Branch
IUCN V
Conservation Easement
West DuPage
IUCN V
Forest Preserve
DuPage River Confluence
IUCN V
Preserve
Old Wayne
IUCN V
Golf Course
McKee Marsh
IUCN V
Forest Reserve
McDonald Farm
IUCN V
Conservation Easement
Burlington
IUCN Not Assigned
Park

17 more protected areassorted by area

Blackwell 18
IUCN Not Assigned
Forest Reserve
Blackwell 14
IUCN Not Assigned
Forest Reserve
Hitchcock Woods
IUCN Not Assigned
Forest Reserve
River Run Preserve North
IUCN V
Preserve
Goodrich Woods
IUCN Not Assigned
Forest Reserve
Timber Ridge
IUCN V
Conservation Easement
Mallard Lake 1
IUCN Not Assigned
Lake
West DuPage Woods
IUCN V
Conservation Easement
Mallard Lake 13
IUCN Not Assigned
Lake
Timber Ridge
IUCN V
Conservation Easement
West Branch
IUCN V
Riverway
Mallard Lake 2
IUCN Not Assigned
Lake
Hank Hollow
IUCN V
Conservation Easement
Pioneer Park 2
IUCN Not Assigned
Park
Elson
IUCN Not Assigned
Conservation Easement
West Branch
IUCN V
Easement
West Branch - Bird Contracting
IUCN V
Easement

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Species present

2 113 distinct species · 443 273 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 32 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 West Branch DuPage River : 25 espèces reliées par 54 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

Connectance

0.102

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)