Rivière· 30 segments
Rockcastle River
Crosses 5 administrative regions : Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle
Total length
87km
Max discharge
28,6m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
30
River geography5 admin regions · 0 communes
5 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- LaurelKentucky · United States43.3 kmin this dpt
- PulaskiKentucky · United States29.3 kmin this dpt
- RockcastleKentucky · United States27.1 kmin this dpt
- JacksonKentucky · United States0.2 kmin this dpt
- McCrearyKentucky · United States0.0 kmin this dpt
4 intersecting protected areas
Watershed
Watershed
Rock Creek
IUCN IaResearch Natural Area
Frances J. Palk
IUCN VState Nature Preserve
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Species present
246 distinct species · 462 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 54 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 Rockcastle River : 40 espèces reliées par 74 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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
87km
Max discharge
28,6m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
30
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.