Rivière· 75 segments
Potomac River
Crosses 12 administrative regions : Allegany, Arlington, Berkeley, District of Columbia, Fairfax +7
Total length
479km
Max discharge
357,1m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
75
River geography12 admin regions · 0 communes
12 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- WashingtonMaryland · United States79.8 kmin this dpt
- MorganWest Virginia · United States42.8 kmin this dpt
- MontgomeryMaryland · United States41.3 kmin this dpt
- BerkeleyWest Virginia · United States34.4 kmin this dpt
- AlleganyMaryland · United States27.1 kmin this dpt
- JeffersonWest Virginia · United States24.9 kmin this dpt
- LoudounVirginia · United States18.6 kmin this dpt
- FrederickMaryland · United States17.3 kmin this dpt
- HampshireWest Virginia · United States17.1 kmin this dpt
- FairfaxVirginia · United States12.8 kmin this dpt
- District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia · United States5.1 kmin this dpt
- ArlingtonVirginia · United States1.6 kmin this dpt
30 intersecting protected areas
National Historical Park
South Mountain
IUCN VState Park
Duvall Road Nca
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
Cacapon Resort
IUCN VState Park
Woodmont
IUCN VNatural Resource Management Area
Difficult Run Stream Valley
IUCN IIIPark
Muddy Branch
IUCN IIIPark
Upper Potamac Properties
IUCN IIIPark
Watts Branch Stream Valley
IUCN IIIPark
21 more protected areassorted by area
Aaron Straus
IUCN VHeritage Conservation
Widmeyer
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
Scotts Run
IUCN IIINature Preserve
Eidolon
IUCN VPreserve
Fraser
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
Prathers Neck
IUCN VHeritage Conservation
Potomac Gorge Fee
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
Washington County, PA easem
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Round Top Hill
IUCN VHeritage Conservation
Theodore Roosevelt Island
IUCN IIINational Memorial
Caderock
IUCN IIIRecreation Area
Wildlife Santuary
Fort Tonoloway
IUCN IIIState Park
Canal Bottomland
IUCN VPCL
Cedar Island
IUCN VConservation Park
Ffx-Vof-663
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Potomac Palisades
IUCN VConservation Park
Berkeley Springs
IUCN IIIState Park
Minnie's Island
IUCN VPrivate Conservation
Pennyfield Lock Nca
IUCN VLocal Conservation Area
Woodmont
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
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Species present
313 distinct species · 1 389 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 49 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 Potomac River : 40 espèces reliées par 99 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.1%, 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
479km
Max discharge
357,1m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
75
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.