Fleuve· 68 segments
Hiwassee River
Crosses 9 administrative regions : Bradley, Cherokee, Clay, Hamilton, McMinn +4
Total length
235km
Max discharge
1 064m³/s
Max Strahler
7
Segments matched
68
River geography9 admin regions · 0 communes
9 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- CherokeeNorth Carolina · United States56.3 kmin this dpt
- PolkTennessee · United States34.6 kmin this dpt
- MeigsTennessee · United States23.3 kmin this dpt
- BradleyTennessee · United States22.8 kmin this dpt
- TownsGeorgia · United States21.5 kmin this dpt
- McMinnTennessee · United States19.7 kmin this dpt
- ClayNorth Carolina · United States18.0 kmin this dpt
- RheaTennessee · United States0.2 kmin this dpt
- HamiltonTennessee · United States0.0 kmin this dpt
5 intersecting protected areas
Wildlife Management Area
Swallow Creek
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
Mark Trail
IUCN IbWilderness
Hiwassee
IUCN VRefuge
Chickamauga
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
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Species present
197 distinct species · 393 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 51 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 Hiwassee River : 37 espèces reliées par 77 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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
235km
Max discharge
1 064,0m³/s
Max Strahler
7
Segments matched
68
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.