Refuge · usa
Hiwassee
- Area
- 33 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
Overview
- Designation
- Refuge
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
0 - Managing authority
- State Fish and Wildlife
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
330 distinct species · 3 649 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 : 31 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 108 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology3 basins · 3 lakes · 8 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
29,4km
Lake surface here
14,91km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
52 728km²
Discharge in basins
22,1m³/s
Mean precip.
1 423mm/an
Mean T°
14,1°C
Moisture idx
0,10
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
779mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
295m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (8, ord ≥ 4)
- Hiwassee Riverord 7len here13.77 km7%total196 km
- Tennessee Riverord 8len here3.95 km0%total1510 km
- Sexton Branchord 7len here3.63 km71%total5 km
- Anderson Spring Branchord 2len here3.10 km46%total7 km
- Lick Branchord 3len here1.87 km2%total78 km
- Coppinger Creekord 2len here1.75 km14%total13 km
- Lagoon Branchord 6len here1.20 km100%total1 km
- Richland Creekord 5len here0.14 km0%total537 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
- 35.40071, -84.96289
- Open in maps
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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.