Rivière· 42 segments
South Branch Potomac River
Crosses 5 administrative regions : Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Highland, Pendleton
Total length
231km
Max discharge
45,9m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
42
River geography5 admin regions · 0 communes
5 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- HampshireWest Virginia · United States46.2 kmin this dpt
- PendletonWest Virginia · United States41.2 kmin this dpt
- HardyWest Virginia · United States29.4 kmin this dpt
- GrantWest Virginia · United States28.9 kmin this dpt
- HighlandVirginia · United States12.6 kmin this dpt
7 intersecting protected areas
Potomac
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
Nathaniel Mountain
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
White Horse Mountain
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
South Branch
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
Potomac Conservancy Easement 73
IUCN Not AssignedEasement
Fort Mill Ridge
IUCN VWildlife Management Area
Rock Dome
IUCN VPreserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 42 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
389 distinct species · 4 548 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 South Branch Potomac River : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 96 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 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
231km
Max discharge
45,9m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
42
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.