Wildlife Management Area · usa
South Cherokee National Forest &
- Area
- 1 196 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
Overview
- Designation
- Wildlife Management Area
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
0 - Managing authority
- Forest Service ; Joint
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 804 distinct species · 41 673 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 Cherokee National Forest & : 35 espèces reliées par 74 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology5 basins · 5 lakes · 81 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
329,9km
Lake surface here
0,36km²
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
5 387km²
Discharge in basins
97,7m³/s
Mean precip.
1 522mm/an
Mean T°
13,1°C
Moisture idx
0,18
Max snow
4%
Mean runoff
846mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
535m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Hiwassee Riversub-area1 281,3 km²overlap345.37 km²29%
- Bassin de Tellico Riversub-area734,7 km²overlap296.23 km²25%
- Bassin de Toccoa Riversub-area1 630,6 km²overlap280.30 km²23%
- Bassin de Little Tennessee Riversub-area712,2 km²overlap221.21 km²18%
- Bassin de Conasauga Riversub-area827,7 km²overlap52.68 km²4%
Lakes (5, top by area)
Rivers / streams (81, ord ≥ 4)
- Citico Creekord 2len here30.45 km92%total33 km
- Tellico Riverord 5len here27.90 km44%total63 km
- Hiwassee Riverord 7len here14.94 km8%total196 km
- Ocoee Riverord 5len here12.78 km36%total35 km
- Bald Riverord 2len here10.37 km100%total10 km
- Towee Creekord 1len here8.92 km72%total12 km
- Big Creekord 8len here8.89 km1%total1608 km
- North Riverord 4len here8.25 km3%total244 km
- Turtletown Creekord 5len here7.68 km44%total18 km
- Spring Creekord 5len here7.31 km0%total2668 km
- Big Lost Creekord 5len here6.77 km78%total9 km
- Coker Creekord 2len here6.68 km54%total12 km
69 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- South Fork Citico Creekord 1len here6.65 km100%total7 km
- North Fork Citico Creekord 2len here6.24 km100%total6 km
- Womble Branchord 5len here6.22 km90%total7 km
- Graham Branchord 3len here6.02 km56%total11 km
- Sylco Creekord 1len here5.62 km67%total8 km
- Gold Cove Branchord 1len here5.18 km100%total5 km
- Tumbling Creekord 2len here5.17 km34%total15 km
- Laurel Branchord 5len here5.13 km12%total43 km
- Conasauga Creekord 3len here4.79 km12%total39 km
- Sheeds Creekord 2len here4.79 km77%total6 km
- Lyons Creekord 2len here4.46 km7%total64 km
- Turkey Creekord 8len here4.30 km0%total1121 km
- Clear Creekord 6len here3.98 km0%total1466 km
- Bullet Creekord 2len here3.94 km56%total7 km
- Greasy Creekord 3len here3.92 km3%total144 km
- Watertank Branchord 5len here3.86 km90%total4 km
- Gassaway Creekord 5len here3.80 km83%total5 km
- Baker Creekord 6len here3.79 km3%total135 km
- Milligan Creekord 2len here3.77 km15%total25 km
- Jakes Creekord 1len here3.76 km53%total7 km
- East Fork Rough Creekord 1len here3.71 km100%total4 km
- Big Hopper Camp Branchord 5len here3.62 km84%total4 km
- Gold Cabin Branchord 1len here3.28 km100%total3 km
- Little Citico Creekord 1len here3.21 km100%total3 km
- Sugar Cove Branchord 1len here3.15 km100%total3 km
- Gee Creekord 1len here3.11 km70%total4 km
- Nickels Branchord 1len here3.04 km62%total5 km
- Smith Creekord 3len here2.99 km2%total185 km
- Ballplay Creekord 2len here2.91 km16%total18 km
- Kirkland Creekord 1len here2.88 km100%total3 km
- McNabb Creekord 1len here2.74 km100%total3 km
- Goforth Creekord 1len here2.72 km100%total3 km
- Coon Creekord 6len here2.68 km0%total697 km
- West Fork Wolf Creekord 1len here2.55 km46%total6 km
- Madden Branchord 5len here2.48 km21%total12 km
- Slickrock Creekord 2len here2.30 km22%total10 km
- Rock Creekord 8len here2.19 km0%total2074 km
- Rough Ridge Creekord 1len here2.13 km91%total2 km
- Tieskee Creekord 1len here2.05 km70%total3 km
- Horse Bone Branchord 5len here1.92 km87%total2 km
- Ocoee Flumeord 5len here1.89 km100%total2 km
- Peels Branchord 1len here1.88 km28%total7 km
- Little Toqua Creekord 1len here1.85 km28%total7 km
- Williams Creekord 5len here1.80 km1%total295 km
- Chestnut Gap Branchord 1len here1.73 km45%total4 km
- Harding Creekord 1len here1.60 km88%total2 km
- Mulberry Creekord 4len here1.47 km0%total316 km
- Hemlock Creekord 3len here1.36 km4%total38 km
- Brush Creekord 5len here1.31 km0%total890 km
- Ellis Creekord 1len here1.24 km20%total6 km
- Big Branchord 3len here1.23 km1%total95 km
- Hooper Branchord 2len here1.17 km6%total19 km
- Smoky Runord 2len here1.16 km17%total7 km
- Oosterneck Creekord 1len here1.11 km59%total2 km
- Presswood Branchord 1len here0.97 km32%total3 km
- Henderson Branchord 1len here0.95 km101%total1 km
- Brushy Creekord 4len here0.88 km0%total446 km
- Wildcat Creekord 6len here0.83 km0%total320 km
- Hurricane Branchord 1len here0.76 km7%total11 km
- Childers Creekord 1len here0.73 km40%total2 km
- Whippoorwill Branchord 4len here0.58 km4%total13 km
- Cane Creekord 5len here0.38 km0%total370 km
- First Creekord 6len here0.23 km0%total107 km
- Conasauga Riverord 5len here0.23 km0%total107 km
- Grassy Creekord 5len here0.22 km0%total162 km
- Walkertown Branchord 1len here0.20 km21%total1 km
- Quarry Creekord 1len here0.14 km5%total3 km
- Little Tennessee Riverord 5len here0.08 km0%total216 km
- Sina Branchord 1len here≈ tangenttotal5 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
- 35.26577, -84.13863
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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.