Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · COL
Complejo Cenagoso de Zapatosa
- Area
- 1 217 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2020
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 2020
- Managing authority
- Corporación Autónoma Regional del Cesar – CORPOCESAR Corporación Autónoma Regional del Magdalena – CORPAMAG
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
738 distinct species · 3 491 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Complejo Cenagoso de Zapatosa : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology13 basins · 50 lakes · 2 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
38,8km
Lake surface here
400,08km²
Basins crossed
13
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
163 175km²
Discharge in basins
1 153,5m³/s
Mean precip.
1 963mm/an
Mean T°
27,7°C
Moisture idx
0,09
Mean runoff
440mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
119m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Caño Limónsub-area891,8 km²overlap595.08 km²49%
- Basin #68750sub-area706,5 km²overlap318.80 km²26%
- Basin #66330sub-area277,3 km²overlap102.78 km²8%
- Bassin de Río Magdalenasub-area104,2 km²overlap88.90 km²7%
- Bassin de Río Magdalenasub-area2 046,5 km²overlap34.39 km²3%
- Bassin de Río Cesarsub-area1 514,7 km²overlap20.17 km²2%
- Basin #65630sub-area628,7 km²overlap17.43 km²1%
- Basin #65620sub-area39,4 km²overlap11.11 km²1%
- Basin #66610sub-area9,7 km²overlap9.12 km²1%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Zapatosaarea286,5 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lake #9885area16,7 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lake #16213area7,3 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lake #16248area6,6 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lake #16110area6,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #16204area6,2 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #16212area5,5 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Ciénaga Guamalitoarea4,9 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lake #16199area4,6 km²avg depth0.5 m
41 more lakes
- Lake #16191area4,4 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Ciénaga Boca de Doncellaarea4 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lake #16220area3,8 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake #16112area3 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Ciénaga Pajaralarea2,6 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #16209area2,4 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lake #16222area2,3 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lake #16251area2,1 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Ciénaga Pesqueríaarea2,1 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #16140area1,6 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #16242area1,6 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #16205area1,5 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Ciénaga de la Zapatosaarea1,4 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lake #16115area1,4 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #16119area1,4 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #16224area1,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lake #16130area1,3 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Ciénaga Canehoarea1,1 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #16227area1 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1075539area1 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1075170area0,9 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1075088area0,9 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1075465area0,9 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1075027area0,9 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1075447area0,8 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1075090area0,8 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1075014area0,8 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1075468area0,8 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1075534area0,8 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1075541area0,8 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1075700area0,7 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1075427area0,7 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1075498area0,7 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1075069area0,7 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1075121area0,7 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1075662area0,6 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1075049area0,6 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1075515area0,6 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1075547area0,6 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1075226area0,6 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1075440area0,5 km²avg depth1.1 m
Rivers / streams (2, 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
- 9.12261, -73.80177
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.