Rivière· 13 segments
Laurel Branch
Crosses 10 administrative regions : Anderson, Bledsoe, Cocke, Graham, Haywood +5
Total length
246km
Max discharge
53,7m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
13
River geography10 admin regions · 0 communes
10 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- SevierTennessee · United States11.4 kmin this dpt
- AndersonTennessee · United States7.0 kmin this dpt
- PolkTennessee · United States4.8 kmin this dpt
- SwainNorth Carolina · United States4.8 kmin this dpt
- GrahamNorth Carolina · United States4.1 kmin this dpt
- CockeTennessee · United States3.2 kmin this dpt
- MonroeTennessee · United States2.3 kmin this dpt
- TransylvaniaNorth Carolina · United States2.0 kmin this dpt
- HaywoodNorth Carolina · United States1.7 kmin this dpt
- BledsoeTennessee · United States1.5 kmin this dpt
6 intersecting protected areas
Great Smoky Mountains
IUCN IINational Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Wildlife Management Area
Wildlife Management Area
Big Frog
IUCN IbWilderness
Little Frog Mountain
IUCN IbWilderness
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 13 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
2 982 distinct species · 102 608 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Laurel Branch : 26 espèces reliées par 76 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.8%, 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).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
246km
Max discharge
53,7m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
13
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.