Commune · ECU
Carolina
Ecuador
Species observed
475
Observations
1 675
Area
272,7km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Carolina : 21 espèces reliées par 42 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.0%, 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).
Species present
475 distinct species · 1 675 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
16,8°C
Annual rain
2 264mm
Warmest m°
21,0°C
Coldest m°
12,9°C
Elevation: 1 878 m on average (min 876 m, max 3 546 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,6
Org. C
53,4g/kg
Clay
34,1%
Sand
36,1%
Silt
29,8%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiMaggregated to Ibarra
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology2 basins · 0 lakes · 14 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
81,6km
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
4 437km²
Discharge in basins
23,3m³/s
Mean precip.
1 339mm/an
Mean T°
16,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,07
Mean runoff
1 162mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 050m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (14, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Miraord 6len here30.80 km9%total354 km
- Río Saladoord 2len here19.05 km48%total40 km
- Río San Jerónimoord 2len here10.63 km97%total11 km
- Río Cascajalord 1len here7.82 km100%total8 km
- Río Verde Chicoord 2len here5.76 km73%total8 km
- Río San Pedroord 1len here3.21 km100%total3 km
- Río Verdeord 4len here2.53 km5%total54 km
- Río Santiagoguilloord 6len here0.76 km4%total22 km
- Quebrada La Lomaord 6len here0.57 km29%total2 km
- Quebrada Potrerilloord 6len here0.24 km36%total1 km
- Quebrada Santa Luciaord 6len here0.19 km11%total2 km
- Quebrada Guayabillasord 1len here0.03 km1%total3 km
2 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,1nW
Built-up
9,7%
Pesticides
85,8kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)