National Wildlife Refuge · usa
Pocosin Lakes
- Area
- 465 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
Overview
- Designation
- National Wildlife Refuge
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
0 - Managing authority
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
797 distinct species · 49 051 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Pocosin Lakes : 24 espèces reliées par 68 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology6 basins · 4 lakes · 8 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
65,3km
Lake surface here
25,36km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
2 273km²
Discharge in basins
6,0m³/s
Mean precip.
1 296mm/an
Mean T°
16,2°C
Moisture idx
0,05
Max snow
4%
Mean runoff
429mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
7m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de New Lake Forksub-area552,7 km²overlap235.53 km²51%
- Bassin de Scuppernong Riversub-area607,1 km²overlap103.26 km²22%
- Bassin de Pungo Riversub-area553,8 km²overlap91.47 km²20%
- Bassin de Little Alligator Riversub-area424,2 km²overlap27.60 km²6%
- Bassin de Juniper Bay Creeksub-area2 273,4 km²overlap5.67 km²1%
- Bassin de Kendrick Creeksub-area342,2 km²overlap1.58 km²0%
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (8, ord ≥ 4)
- New Lake Forkord 2len here28.59 km94%total31 km
- Northwest Fork Alligator Riverord 3len here12.93 km75%total17 km
- Alligator Riverord 3len here7.65 km27%total28 km
- Southwest Fork Alligator Riverord 2len here6.73 km49%total14 km
- White Cypress Tributaryord 1len here4.63 km100%total5 km
- Scuppernong Riverord 3len here3.01 km8%total39 km
- Second Creekord 3len here1.42 km29%total5 km
- Old Canalord 3len here0.29 km9%total3 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
- 35.71135, -76.44675
- 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.