UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · mex
Alto Golfo de California y El Pinacate
- Area
- 16 468 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1995
Overview
- Designation
- UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
- Established
- 1995
- Managing authority
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources through the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 883 distinct species · 59 279 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Alto Golfo de California y El Pinacate : 32 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 88 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology26 basins · 30 lakes · 3 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
93,8km
Lake surface here
159,67km²
Basins crossed
26
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
620 438km²
Discharge in basins
111,9m³/s
Mean precip.
95mm/an
Mean T°
21,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,94
Mean runoff
11mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
159m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #08590sub-area2 267,9 km²overlap2197.93 km²13%
- Basin #08550sub-area1 961,1 km²overlap1809.23 km²11%
- Bassin de San Cristobal Washsub-area2 679,3 km²overlap1279.75 km²8%
- Basin #08600sub-area1 314,2 km²overlap1216.25 km²7%
- Basin #08730sub-area1 372,2 km²overlap745.92 km²5%
- Bassin de Río Sonoytasub-area1 798 km²overlap632.94 km²4%
- Basin #08740sub-area2 236,2 km²overlap589.79 km²4%
- Basin #08520sub-area425,1 km²overlap421.03 km²3%
- Basin #19560sub-area1 305,2 km²overlap378.10 km²2%
17 more basinssorted by overlap
- Basin #08670sub-area427,4 km²overlap300.51 km²2%
- Basin #08680sub-area245 km²overlap244.81 km²1%
- Basin #24440sub-area954,2 km²overlap230.93 km²1%
- Basin #08560sub-area220,2 km²overlap220.03 km²1%
- Basin #08720sub-area172,9 km²overlap172.77 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Coloradosub-area141,7 km²overlap141.61 km²1%
- Basin #23080sub-area927,9 km²overlap132.70 km²1%
- Basin #19650sub-area2 560,7 km²overlap123.03 km²1%
- Basin #24260sub-area173,2 km²overlap106.71 km²1%
- Basin #29180sub-area318,3 km²overlap83.95 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Coloradosub-area460,6 km²overlap81.71 km²0%
- Basin #19890sub-area354,3 km²overlap48.42 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Coloradosub-area223,9 km²overlap38.75 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Sonoytasub-area621,8 km²overlap6.92 km²0%
- Basin #08460sub-area522,3 km²overlap5.62 km²0%
- Bassin de East Main Canalsub-area998,8 km²overlap3.88 km²0%
- Basin #22840sub-area69 km²overlap0.64 km²0%
Lakes (30, top by area)
- Laguna Saladaarea991,1 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lake #9494area40,6 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lake #9501area21,6 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lake #9488area10,7 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #9497area10,5 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lake #13717area9,4 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lake #13732area5 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lake #13741area2,6 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lake #13695area2,5 km²avg depth1.1 m
21 more lakes
- Lake #13778area2,5 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #13721area2,1 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lake #13715area2,1 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #13723area1,5 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #13706area1,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lake #13724area1,3 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #13746area1,1 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lake #13728area1,1 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #13725area1,1 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #13751area1,1 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lake #13772area1 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1065043area0,9 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1064678area0,9 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1064615area0,5 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1064972area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1064523area0,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1064557area0,3 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1064516area0,3 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1065021area0,3 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1064552area0,2 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1065054area0,1 km²avg depth2.0 m
Rivers / streams (3, ord ≥ 4)
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
- 31.70022, -114.14748
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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.