Preserve · USA
Balcones Canyonlands
- Area
- 75 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1974
Overview
- Designation
- Preserve
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1974
- Managing authority
- Regional Agency Land ; Other or Unknown Local Government ; City Land ; County Land
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 348 distinct species · 46 381 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Balcones Canyonlands : 31 espèces reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.1%, 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).
Hydrology4 basins · 1 lakes · 8 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
2,6km
Lake surface here
0,00km²
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
97 928km²
Discharge in basins
4,9m³/s
Mean precip.
823mm/an
Mean T°
19,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,44
Mean runoff
168mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
268m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (8, ord ≥ 4)
- Commons Ford Creekord 6len here0.95 km5%total17 km
- Heinz Branchord 4len here0.53 km49%total1 km
- Bull Creekord 3len here0.50 km1%total79 km
- Cypress Creekord 2len here0.37 km1%total39 km
- Barton Creekord 2len here0.20 km0%total61 km
- Panther Holloword 1len here0.03 km2%total1 km
- Bee Creekord 2len here≈ tangenttotal26 km
- Limekiln Branchord 1len here≈ tangenttotal6 km
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
- 30.45812, -97.88008
- 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.