2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan

Southeast Conservation Blueprint Summary for North Carolina

Freshwater Network complexity

This indicator depicts the number of connected stream size classes in a river network between dams or waterfalls. River networks with a variety of connected stream classes help retain aquatic biodiversity in a changing climate by allowing species to access climate refugia and move between habitats. This indicator originates from the Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership and applies to the Environmental Protection Agency's estimated floodplain, which spatially defines areas estimated to be inundated by a 100-year flood (also known as the 1% annual chance flood).

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Number of connected stream size classes 7 size classes 6 size classes 5 size classes 4 size classes 3 size classes 2 size classes 1 size class Not identified as a floodplain 56

113

Created 11/20/2024 using the Southeast Conservation Blueprint Explorer

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