Rivière· 4 segments
Big Branch
Crosses 6 administrative regions : Alexander, Avery, Caldwell, Cherokee, Union +1
Total length
863km
Max discharge
24,8m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
4
River geography6 admin regions · 0 communes
6 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- YorkSouth Carolina · United States14.8 kmin this dpt
- CherokeeSouth Carolina · United States3.6 kmin this dpt
- CaldwellNorth Carolina · United States3.5 kmin this dpt
- UnionSouth Carolina · United States3.4 kmin this dpt
- AlexanderNorth Carolina · United States2.4 kmin this dpt
- AveryNorth Carolina · United States0.2 kmin this dpt
1 intersecting protected areas
Conservation Fund
IUCN VPreserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 4 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
601 distinct species · 9 964 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 Big Branch : 33 espèces reliées par 96 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 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
863km
Max discharge
24,8m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
4
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.