Rivière· 162 segments
Musselshell River
Crosses 8 administrative regions : Garfield, Golden Valley, Meagher, Musselshell, Petroleum +3
Total length
576km
Max discharge
11,5m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
162
River geography8 admin regions · 0 communes
8 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- MusselshellMontana · United States206.4 kmin this dpt
- WheatlandMontana · United States127.7 kmin this dpt
- Golden ValleyMontana · United States111.8 kmin this dpt
- PetroleumMontana · United States110.3 kmin this dpt
- GarfieldMontana · United States75.1 kmin this dpt
- RosebudMontana · United States52.5 kmin this dpt
- MeagherMontana · United States5.2 kmin this dpt
- PhillipsMontana · United States0.4 kmin this dpt
11 intersecting protected areas
Charles M. Russell
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
Montana
IUCN VIState Trust Lands
Ul Bend
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
Musselshell Breaks
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
Bridge Coulee
IUCN IbWilderness Study Area
Bull Mountains
IUCN VEasement
2 more protected areassorted by area
Reserve Program
Reserve Program
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 162 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
101 distinct species · 830 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Musselshell River : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 80 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 18.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
576km
Max discharge
11,5m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
162
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.