National Wildlife Refuge · usa
Carolina Sandhills
- Area
- 186 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1939
Overview
- Designation
- National Wildlife Refuge
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1939
- Managing authority
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 494 distinct species · 51 582 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Carolina Sandhills : 31 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 73 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.4%, 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).
Hydrology3 basins · 1 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
30,6km
Lake surface here
0,10km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
1 179km²
Discharge in basins
2,4m³/s
Mean precip.
1 171mm/an
Mean T°
16,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,12
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
424mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
98m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Black Creekord 4len here11.40 km9%total133 km
- Ham Creekord 2len here7.86 km100%total8 km
- Dead Pine Branchord 1len here4.41 km81%total5 km
- Jessies Branchord 1len here2.26 km12%total20 km
- Cow Branchord 3len here1.94 km34%total6 km
- Rogers Branchord 1len here1.66 km100%total2 km
- Little Alligator Creekord 1len here0.64 km18%total4 km
- Oxpen Branchord 1len here0.35 km3%total12 km
- Little Black Creekord 1len here0.07 km1%total9 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 34.58290, -80.20921
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.