Ontologia

Ruisseau· 23 segments

Big Branch

Crosses 20 administrative regions : Avery, Boone, Buncombe, Callaway, Carter +15

ruisseau

Total length

863km

Max discharge

8,2m³/s

Max Strahler

3

Segments matched

23

River geography20 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-70806209202564 km²

20 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

  • Carter
    Tennessee · United States
    17.8 km
    in this dpt
  • Lewis
    Kentucky · United States
    14.2 km
    in this dpt
  • Madison
    North Carolina · United States
    11.5 km
    in this dpt
  • Randolph
    West Virginia · United States
    6.8 km
    in this dpt
  • Sullivan
    Indiana · United States
    6.3 km
    in this dpt
  • Unicoi
    Tennessee · United States
    6.2 km
    in this dpt
  • Rock Island
    Illinois · United States
    4.1 km
    in this dpt
  • Transylvania
    North Carolina · United States
    3.5 km
    in this dpt
  • Scott
    Virginia · United States
    3.3 km
    in this dpt
  • Buncombe
    North Carolina · United States
    3.2 km
    in this dpt
  • Graham
    North Carolina · United States
    3.1 km
    in this dpt
  • Boone
    Missouri · United States
    2.7 km
    in this dpt
  • Avery
    North Carolina · United States
    2.5 km
    in this dpt
  • La Salle
    Louisiana · United States
    2.2 km
    in this dpt
  • Wythe
    Virginia · United States
    2.2 km
    in this dpt
  • McMinn
    Tennessee · United States
    2.0 km
    in this dpt
  • Haywood
    North Carolina · United States
    1.7 km
    in this dpt
  • Monroe
    Tennessee · United States
    1.6 km
    in this dpt
  • Callaway
    Missouri · United States
    0.0 km
    in this dpt
  • Greene
    Indiana · United States
    0.0 km
    in this dpt

9 intersecting protected areas

1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 23 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.

Species present

9 distinct species · 9 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 2 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

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Big Branch : 2 espèces reliées par 1 interaction GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 100.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).

Espèces affichées
2
Interactions affichées
1
Connectance
1.000
Patrimoniales
0
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)

Total length

863km

Max discharge

8,2m³/s

Max Strahler

3

Segments matched

23

HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.