Biosphere Reserve · mex
Balam Ku
- Area
- 4 650 km²
- IUCN cat.
- VI
- Year
- 2023
Overview
- Designation
- Biosphere Reserve
- IUCN category
- VI · Aire protégée avec utilisation durable
Conservation + utilisation durable des ressources
- Established
- 2023
- Managing authority
- National Commission of Natural Protected Areas
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 111 distinct species · 42 957 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 : 35 espèces + 2 bulles famille, 33 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 5.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology21 basins · 10 lakes · 2 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
84,4km
Lake surface here
20,50km²
Basins crossed
21
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
6 338km²
Discharge in basins
113,0m³/s
Mean precip.
1 198mm/an
Mean T°
25,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,33
Mean runoff
247mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
148m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río La Concepciónsub-area1 092,2 km²overlap638.16 km²14%
- Basin #46070sub-area1 166,3 km²overlap602.31 km²13%
- Basin #42680sub-area1 708,8 km²overlap585.43 km²13%
- Basin #44340sub-area557,6 km²overlap555.87 km²12%
- Basin #46030sub-area1 514,2 km²overlap351.63 km²8%
- Basin #48400sub-area576,5 km²overlap326.08 km²7%
- Basin #48390sub-area321,9 km²overlap294.53 km²6%
- Basin #44260sub-area1 390,9 km²overlap283.78 km²6%
- Bassin de Río Candelariasub-area1 866,3 km²overlap256.62 km²6%
12 more basinssorted by overlap
- Basin #42740sub-area1 125,1 km²overlap220.90 km²5%
- Bassin de Río La Concepciónsub-area352,1 km²overlap194.76 km²4%
- Basin #47060sub-area220,8 km²overlap77.97 km²2%
- Bassin de Río La Concepciónsub-area70,9 km²overlap69.30 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Candelariasub-area687,1 km²overlap67.76 km²1%
- Basin #48000sub-area258,4 km²overlap64.60 km²1%
- Bassin de Arroyo El Laberintosub-area682,5 km²overlap40.27 km²1%
- Basin #48020sub-area17,4 km²overlap15.77 km²0%
- Basin #47050sub-area251 km²overlap2.91 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Candelariasub-area976,3 km²overlap0.59 km²0%
- Bassin de Arroyo El Laberintosub-area1 324,8 km²overlap0.38 km²0%
- Basin #50700sub-area450,6 km²overlap0.29 km²0%
Lakes (10, top by area)
- Laguna Chamaarea6,7 km²avg depth6.7 m
- Lake #15468area5,9 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Laguna el Tenientearea2,4 km²avg depth4.6 m
- Laguna Chuncopóarea2 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Aguada X-Tocarea1,8 km²avg depth5.6 m
- Lac 1072595area0,6 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1072393area0,6 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1072398area0,3 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1073145area0,2 km²avg depth4.5 m
1 more lakes
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
- 18.37329, -90.23498
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.