Little River Canyon
IUCN VNational Preserve · 1992
45 km²
County · USA
De Kalb
United States
CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer(100 %)
Species observed
3 812
Observations
54 101
Area
2 015,2km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 47 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 De Kalb : 40 espèces reliées par 109 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
47
Interactions affichées
109
Connectance
0.101
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
3 812 distinct species · 54 101 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
15,4°C
Annual rain
1 436mm
Warmest m°
30,0°C
Coldest m°
1,0°C
Elevation: 370 m on average (min 200 m, max 579 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
15,4°C
Annual rain
1 436mm
Warmest month
30,0°C
Coldest month
1,0°C
Mean alt.
370m
Min
200m
Max
579m
Std. dev.
69m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
CfaTemperate, no dry season, hot summer(100 %)Temperate
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
23,4g/kg
Clay
27,1%
Sand
30,3%
Silt
42,6%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: scGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
44,0g/kg
Clay
24,2%
Sand
31,9%
Silt
43,9%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
17,9g/kg
Clay
25,9%
Sand
30,8%
Silt
43,3%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,3
Org. C
8,4g/kg
Clay
31,4%
Sand
28,1%
Silt
40,5%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest53.5%
Crops13.4%
Built-up1.0%
Bare soil0.3%
Other (grassland, water…)31.8%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology7 basins · 5 lakes · 24 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
345,9km
Lake surface here
1,63km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
61 683km²
Discharge in basins
337,6m³/s
Mean precip.
1 450mm/an
Mean T°
14,8°C
Moisture idx
0,10
Mean runoff
585mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
320m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Big Wills Creeksub-area1 005,3 km²overlap494.79 km²25%
- Bassin de Town Creeksub-area539,9 km²overlap472.83 km²23%
- Bassin de Coosa Riversub-area2 203,7 km²overlap338.54 km²17%
- Bassin de Short Creeksub-area556,1 km²overlap275.35 km²14%
- Bassin de South Sauty Creeksub-area1 833 km²overlap268.17 km²13%
- Bassin de Lookout Creeksub-area515,8 km²overlap131.38 km²7%
- Bassin de Tennessee Riversub-area976,7 km²overlap34.13 km²2%
Lakes (5, top by area)
Rivers / streams (24, ord ≥ 4)
- Big Wills Creekord 3len here99.63 km54%total186 km
- South Sauty Creekord 7len here48.88 km57%total85 km
- Town Creekord 4len here37.23 km22%total168 km
- West Fork Little Riverord 2len here26.68 km81%total33 km
- Scarham Creekord 2len here22.04 km76%total29 km
- Little Riverord 3len here18.98 km11%total174 km
- Dry Creekord 8len here15.45 km1%total1337 km
- Yellow Creekord 5len here11.30 km10%total117 km
- East Fork Little Riverord 3len here8.65 km45%total19 km
- Bear Creekord 4len here8.11 km8%total100 km
- West Fork Lookout Creekord 1len here7.29 km100%total7 km
- Lookout Creekord 7len here6.48 km10%total65 km
12 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Straight Creekord 1len here6.42 km100%total6 km
- Whippoorwill Creekord 4len here6.28 km7%total89 km
- Hurricane Creekord 5len here4.01 km6%total71 km
- Middle Fork Little Riverord 2len here3.97 km26%total15 km
- Short Creekord 7len here3.80 km2%total159 km
- Crawfish Creekord 2len here2.73 km15%total18 km
- Allison Creekord 2len here2.65 km20%total13 km
- Brush Creekord 6len here1.94 km3%total59 km
- Blalock Branchord 1len here1.50 km67%total2 km
- Jones Branchord 3len here1.15 km11%total10 km
- Red River Branchord 1len here0.43 km62%total1 km
- East Fork West Fork Little Riverord 1len here0.33 km7%total5 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
1,0nW
Built-up
99,1%
Pesticides
35,8kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas6
IUCN V · 4IUCN Not Assigned · 1IUCN III · 1
Little River
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
14 km²
2013016
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
2 km²
Desoto
IUCN IIIState Park
1 km²
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), DeKalb, AL
IUCN VReserve Program · 2006
1 km²
Little River Canyon Megasite
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land · 2015
1 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN