Biosphere Reserve · mex
Balam Ku
- Area
- 1 845 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ia
- Year
- 2023
Overview
- Designation
- Biosphere Reserve
- IUCN category
- Ia · Réserve naturelle intégrale
Protection stricte, accès limité aux fins scientifiques
- Established
- 2023
- Managing authority
- National Commission of Natural Protected Areas
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
653 distinct species · 5 979 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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 Balam Ku : 16 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 1 bulle famille, 12 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology15 basins · 2 lakes · 2 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
32,8km
Lake surface here
2,57km²
Basins crossed
15
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
6 338km²
Discharge in basins
47,4m³/s
Mean precip.
1 199mm/an
Mean T°
25,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,31
Mean runoff
245mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
174m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #44340sub-area557,6 km²overlap314.08 km²17%
- Basin #44260sub-area1 390,9 km²overlap283.82 km²15%
- Basin #46070sub-area1 166,3 km²overlap230.78 km²13%
- Bassin de Río Candelariasub-area1 866,3 km²overlap210.25 km²11%
- Basin #46030sub-area1 514,2 km²overlap196.45 km²11%
- Bassin de Río La Concepciónsub-area352,1 km²overlap166.45 km²9%
- Bassin de Río La Concepciónsub-area1 092,2 km²overlap101.32 km²5%
- Basin #48400sub-area576,5 km²overlap79.33 km²4%
- Bassin de Río La Concepciónsub-area70,9 km²overlap69.28 km²4%
6 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Río Candelariasub-area687,1 km²overlap65.45 km²4%
- Basin #42680sub-area1 708,8 km²overlap57.47 km²3%
- Bassin de Arroyo El Laberintosub-area682,5 km²overlap40.23 km²2%
- Basin #47060sub-area220,8 km²overlap29.62 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Candelariasub-area976,3 km²overlap0.56 km²0%
- Bassin de Arroyo El Laberintosub-area1 324,8 km²overlap0.37 km²0%
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (2, 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
- 18.67847, -89.82039
- Open in maps
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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.