Rivière· 7 segments
Hightower Creek
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Baxter, Marion, Towns
Total length
70km
Max discharge
228,1m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
7
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
2 intersecting protected areas
Southern Nantahala
IUCN IbWilderness
Swallow Creek
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 7 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
58 distinct species · 70 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Hightower Creek : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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
70km
Max discharge
228,1m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
7
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.