National Wildlife Refuge · usa
Bayou Sauvage
- Area
- 102 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1992
Overview
- Designation
- National Wildlife Refuge
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1992
- Managing authority
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
824 distinct species · 118 866 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Bayou Sauvage : 30 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 67 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology3 basins · 14 lakes · 3 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
9,4km
Lake surface here
11,06km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
13 746km²
Discharge in basins
50,1m³/s
Mean precip.
1 525mm/an
Mean T°
20,0°C
Moisture idx
0,09
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
665mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (14, top by area)
- Pontchartrainarea1 645,2 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Blind Lagoonarea4,6 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake #13925area1,5 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lake #13903area1,1 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1066020area0,9 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1065892area0,6 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1065943area0,4 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1065963area0,4 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1065927area0,4 km²avg depth1.9 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
- 30.09563, -89.84226
- 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.