Rivière· 45 segments

Watauga River

Crosses 6 administrative regions : Avery, Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington +1

rivière

Total length

128km

Max discharge

47,2m³/s

Max Strahler

Segments matched

River geography6 admin regions · 0 communes

Parent watershed

hybas-70806264402261 km²

6 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)

Carter
Tennessee · United States
48.9 km
in this dpt
Watauga
North Carolina · United States
36.2 km
in this dpt
Washington
Tennessee · United States
12.3 km
in this dpt
Sullivan
Tennessee · United States
10.6 km
in this dpt
Johnson
Tennessee · United States
5.5 km
in this dpt
Avery
North Carolina · United States
0.1 km
in this dpt

9 intersecting protected areas

North Cherokee National Forest &
IUCN V
Wildlife Management Area
Big Laurel Branch
IUCN Ib
Wilderness
Pond Mountain
IUCN Ib
Wilderness
Grandfather Mountain
IUCN III
State Park
Conservation Fund
IUCN V
Preserve
Grandfather Mountain
IUCN V
Easement
Grandfather Mountain Fee
IUCN V
Private Conservation Land
Watauga River Bluffs Designated
IUCN V
State Natural Area
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Watauga, NC
IUCN V
Reserve Program

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Species present

369 distinct species · 5 128 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 39 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Watauga River : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

Connectance

0.111

Patrimoniales

Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)