Ruisseau· 10 segments
Western Branch Patuxent River
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Anne Arundel, Prince George's
Total length
26km
Max discharge
4,4m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
10
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- Prince George'sMaryland · United States38.1 kmin this dpt
- Anne ArundelMaryland · United States0.0 kmin this dpt
5 intersecting protected areas
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland National Estuarine Research Reserve
IUCN IVMarine Protected Area
Patuxent River
IUCN IIIPark
Jug Bay Wetlands
IUCN IIISanctuary
Billingsley
IUCN VNatural Resource Management Area
Northeast Branch Stream Valley
IUCN IIIPark
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Species present
722 distinct species · 17 294 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Western Branch Patuxent River : 31 espèces reliées par 85 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 9.9%, 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
26km
Max discharge
4,4m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
10
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.