Rivière· 80 segments

Little Tennessee River

Crosses 7 administrative regions : Blount, Graham, Loudon, Macon, Monroe +2

rivière

Total length

224km

Max discharge

202,3m³/s

Max Strahler

Segments matched

River geography7 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-7080649690523 km²

7 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

Macon
North Carolina · United States
58.9 km
in this dpt
Swain
North Carolina · United States
44.1 km
in this dpt
Monroe
Tennessee · United States
33.1 km
in this dpt
Graham
North Carolina · United States
23.4 km
in this dpt
Rabun
Georgia · United States
21.4 km
in this dpt
Blount
Tennessee · United States
19.5 km
in this dpt
Loudon
Tennessee · United States
15.8 km
in this dpt

16 intersecting protected areas

Great Smoky Mountains
IUCN II
National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
IUCN Not Applicable
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
South Cherokee National Forest &
IUCN V
Wildlife Management Area
Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock
IUCN Ib
Wilderness
Tellico Lake
IUCN V
Wildlife Management Area
Tapoco Lands Conservat
IUCN V
Conservation Area
Foothills
IUCN V
Wildlife Management Area
Black Rock Mountain
IUCN III
State Park
South Cherokee
IUCN V
Wildlife Management Area

7 more protected areassorted by area

Tellico Lake - Chota Unit
IUCN V
Lake
Land Trust for the Little Tennessee
IUCN V
Preserve
Atlantic Coast Conservancy/Pelican Coast Conservancy Conservation Easement E201245
IUCN Not Assigned
Conservation Easement
Middle Creek
IUCN Not Assigned
Conservation Easement
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), Macon, NC
IUCN V
Reserve Program
Little Tennessee River Macrosite
IUCN V
Easement
Stateline
IUCN Not Assigned
Wetland

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Species present

435 distinct species · 9 974 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Little Tennessee River : 26 espèces reliées par 70 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

Connectance

0.095

Patrimoniales

Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)