Playa Lakes
IUCN VWildlife Management Area · 1990
4 km²
County · USA
Castro
United States
BSkArid, steppe, cold(100 %)
Species observed
524
Observations
10 797
Area
2 358,6km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Castro : 24 espèces reliées par 108 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 17.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
36
Interactions affichées
108
Connectance
0.171
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
524 distinct species · 10 797 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
14,4°C
Annual rain
520mm
Warmest m°
31,8°C
Coldest m°
-0,9°C
Elevation: 1 154 m on average (min 1 085 m, max 1 218 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
14,4°C
Annual rain
520mm
Warmest month
31,8°C
Coldest month
-0,9°C
Mean alt.
1 154m
Min
1 085m
Max
1 218m
Std. dev.
27m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
BSkArid, steppe, cold(100 %)Arid
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
7,4
Org. C
12,2g/kg
Clay
30,8%
Sand
37,1%
Silt
32,1%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
7,3
Org. C
17,5g/kg
Clay
29,3%
Sand
37,7%
Silt
33,0%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
7,4
Org. C
11,2g/kg
Clay
30,1%
Sand
37,7%
Silt
32,2%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
7,5
Org. C
8,0g/kg
Clay
32,9%
Sand
35,9%
Silt
31,2%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest1.4%
Crops64.5%
Built-up0.1%
Bare soil1.9%
Other (grassland, water…)32.0%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology12 basins · 13 lakes · 4 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
113,9km
Lake surface here
2,57km²
Basins crossed
12
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
3 671km²
Discharge in basins
0,1m³/s
Mean precip.
460mm/an
Mean T°
13,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,67
Max snow
2%
Mean runoff
4mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 153m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Middle Tule Creeksub-area1 001,3 km²overlap766.06 km²32%
- Bassin de Running Water Drawsub-area650,1 km²overlap638.92 km²27%
- Bassin de Running Water Drawsub-area367,6 km²overlap244.20 km²10%
- Bassin de North Tule Creeksub-area552,9 km²overlap184.09 km²8%
- Basin #73770sub-area163,5 km²overlap131.58 km²6%
- Bassin de Running Water Drawsub-area860 km²overlap92.45 km²4%
- Bassin de South Tule Creeksub-area280 km²overlap89.25 km²4%
- Bassin de Frio Drawsub-area1 651,8 km²overlap83.40 km²4%
- Bassin de Blackwater Drawsub-area679 km²overlap64.40 km²3%
Lakes (13, top by area)
- Lac 1061269area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1061252area0,3 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1061372area0,3 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1061240area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1061326area0,3 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1061390area0,2 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1061262area0,2 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1061348area0,2 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1061222area0,2 km²avg depth1.1 m
Rivers / streams (4, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,3nW
Built-up
11,6%
Pesticides
25,4kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas2
IUCN V · 2
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Castro, TX
IUCN VReserve Program · 2011
0 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN