Fleuve· 60 segments
Big Sandy River
Crosses 9 administrative regions : Benton, Boyd, Carroll, Henderson, Henry +3
Total length
467km
Max discharge
2 178,8m³/s
Max Strahler
7
Segments matched
60
River geography9 admin regions · 0 communes
9 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- BentonTennessee · United States65.5 kmin this dpt
- CarrollTennessee · United States50.7 kmin this dpt
- HenryTennessee · United States33.1 kmin this dpt
- BoydKentucky · United States28.0 kmin this dpt
- LawrenceKentucky · United States20.7 kmin this dpt
- WayneWest Virginia · United States17.2 kmin this dpt
- HendersonTennessee · United States14.2 kmin this dpt
- LawrenceOhio · United States0.4 kmin this dpt
- StewartTennessee · United States0.0 kmin this dpt
6 intersecting protected areas
Wildlife Management Area
Tennessee
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
West Sandy
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
Big Sandy
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
Reserve Program
Natchez Trace
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
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Species present
250 distinct species · 2 957 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Sandy River : 34 espèces reliées par 118 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
467km
Max discharge
2 178,8m³/s
Max Strahler
7
Segments matched
60
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.