Wilderness Study Area · usa
Carcass Canyon
- Area
- 197 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ib
- Year
- 1980
Overview
- Designation
- Wilderness Study Area
- IUCN category
- Ib · Zone de nature sauvage
Aire protégée pour la wilderness, faible accès humain
- Established
- 1980
- Managing authority
- Bureau of Land Management
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
134 distinct species · 548 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Carcass Canyon : 25 espèces reliées par 136 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 17.4%, 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).
Hydrology3 basins · 0 lakes · 3 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
34,1km
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
1 203km²
Discharge in basins
0,1m³/s
Mean precip.
227mm/an
Mean T°
9,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,81
Max snow
8%
Mean runoff
17mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 842m
Watersheds crossing here
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
- 37.59609, -111.52639
- 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.