Rivière· 68 segments
West Branch Penobscot River
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset
Total length
185km
Max discharge
167m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
68
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- PiscataquisMaine · United States131.1 kmin this dpt
- PenobscotMaine · United States54.3 kmin this dpt
- SomersetMaine · United States34.4 kmin this dpt
5 intersecting protected areas
West Branch
IUCN Not AssignedConservation Easement
Katahdin
IUCN Not AssignedForest
Baxter
IUCN VState Park
Private Conservation Land
Gero Island
IUCN VEcological Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 68 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
154 distinct species · 792 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 West Branch Penobscot River : 27 espèces reliées par 61 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
185km
Max discharge
167,0m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
68
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.