Rivière· 48 segments
Rappahannock River
Crosses 11 administrative regions : Caroline, Culpeper, Essex, Fauquier, Fredericksburg +6
Total length
316km
Max discharge
74,6m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
48
River geography11 admin regions · 0 communes
11 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- FauquierVirginia · United States61.3 kmin this dpt
- CulpeperVirginia · United States24.5 kmin this dpt
- StaffordVirginia · United States21.2 kmin this dpt
- CarolineVirginia · United States20.9 kmin this dpt
- King GeorgeVirginia · United States18.5 kmin this dpt
- RappahannockVirginia · United States16.6 kmin this dpt
- SpotsylvaniaVirginia · United States6.0 kmin this dpt
- FredericksburgVirginia · United States0.7 kmin this dpt
- RichmondVirginia · United States0.0 kmin this dpt
- EssexVirginia · United States0.0 kmin this dpt
- WestmorelandVirginia · United States0.0 kmin this dpt
11 intersecting protected areas
The Nature Conservancy
IUCN VEasement
Marine Protected Area
Rappahannock River Valley
IUCN IVNational Wildlife Refuge
C.F. Phelps
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
Upper Rappahannock
IUCN VEasement
National Wildlife Refuge
Esx-Vof-2677
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Pettigrew
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
Sanctuary
2 more protected areassorted by area
Voorhees
IUCN VPrivate Conservation Land
American Battlefield Trust Holding
IUCN Not AssignedBattlefield
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Species present
106 distinct species · 133 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 55 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 Rappahannock River : 51 espèces reliées par 80 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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
316km
Max discharge
74,6m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
48
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.