Al Houbara Protected Area
IUCN IVProtected Area · 2014
2 491 km²
Commune · ARE
United Arab Emirates
Species observed
207
Observations
3 746
Area
232,6km²
Sample of 19 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).
Tissu écologique de Al Ruwais : 13 espèces reliées par 27 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 15.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
207 distinct species · 3 746 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
27,0°C
Annual rain
64mm
Warmest m°
40,0°C
Coldest m°
14,2°C
Elevation: 13 m on average (min -9 m, max 35 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
7,9
Org. C
4,8g/kg
Clay
6,9%
Sand
79,1%
Silt
13,9%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: smGLiMaggregated to Al Gharbia
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Basins crossed
3
Max drainage
1 199km²
Mean precip.
62mm/an
Mean T°
27,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,97
Mean runoff
5mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
47m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
4hab/km²
Night light
48,1nW
Built-up
422,7%
Pesticides
0,2kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected Area · 2014
2 491 km²
Protected Area · 2017
79 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN