Ruisseau· 6 segments
Wissahickon Creek
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Montgomery, Philadelphia
Total length
42km
Max discharge
2,7m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
6
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- MontgomeryPennsylvania · United States14.8 kmin this dpt
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania · United States1.4 kmin this dpt
7 intersecting protected areas
Fort Washington
IUCN IIIState Park
Watershed
Armentrout
IUCN VPreserve
Briar Hill
IUCN Not AssignedPreserve
Meadow Farm
IUCN VPreserve
Biddle Woods
IUCN VConservation Easement
Biddle Woods
IUCN VPreserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 6 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
1 599 distinct species · 224 577 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Wissahickon Creek : 28 espèces reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.2%, 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
42km
Max discharge
2,7m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
6
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.