National Park · usa
Great Smoky Mountains
- Area
- 2 107 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
0 - Managing authority
- National Park Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
12 090 distinct species · 521 758 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 43 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 Great Smoky Mountains : 34 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.2%, 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).
Hydrology9 basins · 1 lakes · 100 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
520,6km
Lake surface here
8,66km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
6 741km²
Discharge in basins
216,4m³/s
Mean precip.
1 506mm/an
Mean T°
11,6°C
Moisture idx
0,21
Max snow
6%
Mean runoff
844mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
816m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de West Prong Little Pigeon Riversub-area994,1 km²overlap333.79 km²16%
- Bassin de Little Riversub-area979,3 km²overlap322.95 km²15%
- Bassin de Little Tennessee Riversub-area522,5 km²overlap322.87 km²15%
- Bassin de Pigeon Riversub-area1 754,1 km²overlap315.12 km²15%
- Bassin de Tuckasegee Riversub-area382,8 km²overlap279.12 km²13%
- Bassin de Raven Forksub-area487,9 km²overlap276.37 km²13%
- Bassin de Little Tennessee Riversub-area712,2 km²overlap254.89 km²12%
- Bassin de Fork Creeksub-area618,3 km²overlap1.86 km²0%
- Bassin de Little Tennessee Riversub-area1 720,8 km²overlap0.13 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (100, ord ≥ 4)
- Abrams Creekord 4len here23.84 km54%total44 km
- Little Riverord 7len here21.52 km2%total1263 km
- Hazel Creekord 5len here20.68 km26%total79 km
- West Prong Little Pigeon Riverord 4len here15.87 km33%total48 km
- Little Tennessee Riverord 5len here15.27 km7%total216 km
- Raven Forkord 3len here14.97 km72%total21 km
- Bradley Forkord 2len here12.89 km100%total13 km
- Hesse Creekord 4len here11.36 km53%total21 km
- Panther Creekord 6len here10.72 km4%total253 km
- Eagle Creekord 4len here9.58 km2%total531 km
- Caldwell Forkord 1len here9.25 km100%total9 km
- Porters Creekord 2len here8.78 km100%total9 km
88 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Elliott Cove Branchord 3len here8.53 km100%total9 km
- Low Gap Branchord 2len here8.40 km100%total8 km
- Indian Creekord 7len here8.14 km0%total2180 km
- Lynn Camp Prongord 2len here8.03 km100%total8 km
- Forney Creekord 2len here7.74 km100%total8 km
- Deep Creekord 5len here7.73 km2%total411 km
- West Prong Little Riverord 1len here7.03 km100%total7 km
- Fish Camp Prongord 2len here6.98 km100%total7 km
- Middle Prong Little Pigeon Riverord 2len here6.97 km100%total7 km
- Mill Creekord 7len here6.90 km0%total1839 km
- Noland Creekord 2len here6.73 km100%total7 km
- Twentymile Creekord 5len here6.59 km14%total46 km
- Sassafras Branchord 1len here6.58 km61%total11 km
- Straight Fork Raven Forkord 2len here6.38 km100%total6 km
- Left Fork Deep Creekord 2len here6.21 km100%total6 km
- Rough Forkord 1len here6.10 km83%total7 km
- Middle Prong Little Riverord 3len here6.08 km100%total6 km
- Defeat Branchord 2len here5.76 km100%total6 km
- Oskodah Branchord 1len here5.53 km100%total6 km
- Cooper Branchord 2len here5.35 km76%total7 km
- Buck Forkord 2len here5.29 km100%total5 km
- Cataloochee Creekord 2len here5.26 km100%total5 km
- Cosby Creekord 3len here5.04 km24%total21 km
- Indian Camp Branchord 1len here4.93 km42%total12 km
- Little Cataloochee Creekord 3len here4.64 km71%total7 km
- Tuckasegee Riverord 5len here4.30 km6%total74 km
- Wagulee Branchord 3len here4.21 km100%total4 km
- Le Conte Creekord 2len here4.17 km59%total7 km
- Hurricane Branchord 1len here4.12 km38%total11 km
- Aden Branchord 1len here4.03 km100%total4 km
- Laurel Creekord 4len here4.01 km1%total315 km
- Matt Branchord 3len here3.99 km100%total4 km
- Alum Cave Creekord 2len here3.82 km100%total4 km
- Indian Camp Creekord 2len here3.81 km8%total50 km
- Palmer Creekord 6len here3.76 km15%total25 km
- Gunna Creekord 1len here3.75 km100%total4 km
- Shell Bark Branchord 2len here3.74 km100%total4 km
- Forge Creekord 3len here3.64 km24%total15 km
- Chasteen Creekord 1len here3.61 km100%total4 km
- Meigs Post Prongord 2len here3.57 km100%total4 km
- Thunderhead Prongord 2len here3.57 km100%total4 km
- Haw Gap Branchord 1len here3.48 km100%total3 km
- Oconaluftee Riverord 5len here3.46 km20%total17 km
- Steeltrap Creekord 1len here3.44 km100%total3 km
- Stillhouse Branchord 1len here3.35 km98%total3 km
- Long Cove Branchord 1len here3.21 km100%total3 km
- Moore Springs Branchord 2len here3.18 km100%total3 km
- Little Pigeon Riverord 5len here3.15 km8%total39 km
- Jonas Creekord 1len here3.14 km100%total3 km
- Little Peachtree Creekord 5len here3.01 km66%total5 km
- Little Bird Branchord 3len here3.01 km100%total3 km
- Agana Branchord 1len here3.00 km100%total3 km
- Sams Creekord 3len here2.95 km24%total12 km
- Mossy Branchord 2len here2.92 km100%total3 km
- Left Fork Raven Forkord 1len here2.81 km100%total3 km
- Pinnacle Creekord 2len here2.74 km14%total19 km
- Huckleberry Branchord 3len here2.72 km100%total3 km
- Enloe Creekord 1len here2.71 km100%total3 km
- Coon Branchord 3len here2.68 km6%total43 km
- Crying Creekord 1len here2.68 km100%total3 km
- Stillwell Creekord 1len here2.65 km69%total4 km
- Peckerwood Branchord 1len here2.64 km66%total4 km
- Meadow Branchord 3len here2.63 km71%total4 km
- Bear Creekord 6len here2.63 km0%total2230 km
- Hickory Turn Branchord 2len here2.58 km100%total3 km
- False Gap Prongord 1len here2.55 km100%total3 km
- Walker Camp Prongord 1len here2.51 km100%total3 km
- Lost Bottom Creekord 1len here2.47 km100%total2 km
- Beech Creekord 5len here2.45 km3%total75 km
- Pretty Hollow Creekord 1len here2.42 km100%total2 km
- Black Camp Branchord 1len here2.33 km49%total5 km
- Dudley Creekord 2len here2.33 km19%total12 km
- Pilkey Creekord 1len here2.31 km98%total2 km
- Huggins Creekord 1len here2.22 km100%total2 km
- Lawson Gant Lot Branchord 1len here2.22 km100%total2 km
- Eagle Rocks Prongord 1len here2.21 km100%total2 km
- Catron Branchord 3len here2.17 km100%total2 km
- Fountain Branchord 2len here2.14 km37%total6 km
- Road Prongord 1len here2.08 km100%total2 km
- Coggins Branchord 1len here2.07 km100%total2 km
- Betts Branchord 3len here2.06 km45%total5 km
- Bible Creekord 1len here2.00 km56%total4 km
- Rabbit Creekord 2len here1.98 km5%total39 km
- Board Camp Creekord 2len here1.95 km100%total2 km
- Collins Creekord 1len here1.92 km45%total4 km
- Chestnut Branchord 1len here1.92 km100%total2 km
- Tuckaseigee Riverord 2len here1.91 km22%total9 km
- Jakes Creekord 1len here1.89 km27%total7 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
- 35.63419, -83.40238
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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.