Ruisseau· 2 segments
Meadow Branch
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Blount, Graham, Swain
Total length
127km
Max discharge
16,1m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
2
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- BlountTennessee · United States2.6 kmin this dpt
- GrahamNorth Carolina · United States1.1 kmin this dpt
- SwainNorth Carolina · United States0.0 kmin this dpt
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Smoky Mountains
IUCN IINational Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 2 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 Meadow 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
127km
Max discharge
16,1m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
2
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.