National Park · ecu
Cajas
- Area
- 294 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 2003
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 2003
- Managing authority
- Ministry of Environment
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 187 distinct species · 32 735 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Cajas : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 24 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology5 basins · 10 lakes · 10 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
43,4km
Lake surface here
3,36km²
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
2 504km²
Discharge in basins
6,8m³/s
Mean precip.
931mm/an
Mean T°
11,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,13
Mean runoff
589mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 875m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (10, top by area)
- Lac 1082681area0,8 km²avg depth9.8 m
- Lac 1082707area0,5 km²avg depth9.0 m
- Lac 1082705area0,4 km²avg depth6.4 m
- Lac 1082733area0,4 km²avg depth7.9 m
- Lac 1082704area0,3 km²avg depth8.4 m
- Lac 1082664area0,3 km²avg depth7.7 m
- Lac 1082781area0,2 km²avg depth5.7 m
- Lac 1082768area0,2 km²avg depth7.4 m
- Lac 1082698area0,2 km²avg depth7.6 m
1 more lakes
Rivers / streams (10, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Mazánord 2len here11.20 km62%total18 km
- Quebrada Osohuaycuord 2len here10.54 km83%total13 km
- Río Soldadosord 2len here5.86 km67%total9 km
- Río Isneayrumiord 1len here3.04 km45%total7 km
- Río Guafesayord 1len here2.85 km60%total5 km
- Río Luspaord 1len here2.68 km79%total3 km
- Río Cajasord 1len here2.51 km78%total3 km
- Río Jerezord 3len here2.26 km15%total16 km
- Río Angasord 2len here2.14 km9%total24 km
- Río Miguirord 2len here0.32 km1%total26 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
- -2.84835, -79.24137
- 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.