Ruisseau· 9 segments
Big Branch
Crosses 8 administrative regions : Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett +3
Total length
863km
Max discharge
2,2m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
9
River geography8 admin regions · 0 communes
8 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- PenderNorth Carolina · United States12.8 kmin this dpt
- DuplinNorth Carolina · United States8.8 kmin this dpt
- WakeNorth Carolina · United States8.3 kmin this dpt
- CumberlandNorth Carolina · United States7.7 kmin this dpt
- ChathamNorth Carolina · United States6.8 kmin this dpt
- ColumbusNorth Carolina · United States4.3 kmin this dpt
- HarnettNorth Carolina · United States1.5 kmin this dpt
- OrangeNorth Carolina · United States0.5 kmin this dpt
1 intersecting protected areas
Private Conservation Land
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 9 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
45 distinct species · 73 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 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 : 17 espèces reliées par 27 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 14.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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
2,2m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
9
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.