UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · mex
Barranca de Metztitlán
- Area
- 961 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2006
Overview
- Designation
- UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
- Established
- 2006
- 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
1 855 distinct species · 21 360 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 Barranca de Metztitlán : 30 espèces reliées par 73 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology8 basins · 1 lakes · 4 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
210,2km
Lake surface here
11,17km²
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
6 110km²
Discharge in basins
91,2m³/s
Mean precip.
774mm/an
Mean T°
15,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,47
Mean runoff
533mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 882m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Venadossub-area360,4 km²overlap326.00 km²34%
- Bassin de Río Amajacsub-area1 442,1 km²overlap227.44 km²24%
- Bassin de Río Tulancingosub-area582,1 km²overlap222.13 km²23%
- Bassin de Río Santiagosub-area512,1 km²overlap122.83 km²13%
- Bassin de Línea HEsub-area482,5 km²overlap35.83 km²4%
- Bassin de Río Grandesub-area976,7 km²overlap23.01 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Amajacsub-area1 856,1 km²overlap3.78 km²0%
- Bassin de Los Hulessub-area1 521,9 km²overlap0.15 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (4, 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
- 20.48562, -98.77350
- 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.