Rivière· 96 segments
Catawba River
Crosses 14 administrative regions : Alexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba +9
Total length
330km
Max discharge
173m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
96
River geography14 admin regions · 0 communes
14 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- BurkeNorth Carolina · United States83.4 kmin this dpt
- McDowellNorth Carolina · United States49.1 kmin this dpt
- CatawbaNorth Carolina · United States41.4 kmin this dpt
- LancasterSouth Carolina · United States36.9 kmin this dpt
- MecklenburgNorth Carolina · United States33.2 kmin this dpt
- YorkSouth Carolina · United States27.4 kmin this dpt
- GastonNorth Carolina · United States22.7 kmin this dpt
- IredellNorth Carolina · United States19.6 kmin this dpt
- ChesterSouth Carolina · United States17.9 kmin this dpt
- AlexanderNorth Carolina · United States9.2 kmin this dpt
- CaldwellNorth Carolina · United States9.1 kmin this dpt
- LincolnNorth Carolina · United States6.8 kmin this dpt
- FairfieldSouth Carolina · United States4.6 kmin this dpt
- AveryNorth Carolina · United States1.5 kmin this dpt
11 intersecting protected areas
Linville Gorge
IUCN IbWilderness
North American Land Trust
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
Wildlife Management Area
Wildlife Management Area Other
Preserve
Wildlife Management Area
Forest
Auten
IUCN VNature Preserve
Lake James
IUCN IIIState Park
2 more protected areassorted by area
Rozzelles Ferry
IUCN VNature Preserve
Gateway
IUCN IIINature Preserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 96 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
74 distinct species · 114 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 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 Catawba River : 39 espèces reliées par 69 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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
330km
Max discharge
173,0m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
96
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.