National Park · ecu
Cotacachi Cayapas
- Area
- 2 607 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 2017
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 2017
- Managing authority
- Ministry of Environment
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 524 distinct species · 17 241 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 Cotacachi Cayapas : 21 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 27 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology12 basins · 2 lakes · 37 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
508,2km
Lake surface here
5,59km²
Basins crossed
12
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
8 245km²
Discharge in basins
158,8m³/s
Mean precip.
2 274mm/an
Mean T°
20,3°C
Moisture idx
0,33
Mean runoff
1 366mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 190m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Onzolesub-area2 950,5 km²overlap801.60 km²31%
- Bassin de Río Puniyacusub-area514,8 km²overlap499.84 km²19%
- Bassin de Río Barbudosub-area351,2 km²overlap345.92 km²13%
- Bassin de Río Negrosub-area345 km²overlap267.40 km²10%
- Bassin de Río Santiagosub-area219,8 km²overlap215.56 km²8%
- Bassin de Rio Christopambasub-area1 024,8 km²overlap215.42 km²8%
- Bassin de Río Guayllabambasub-area2 506,8 km²overlap87.71 km²3%
- Bassin de Río Ambisub-area1 179,4 km²overlap75.85 km²3%
- Bassin de Río Canindésub-area820,2 km²overlap54.30 km²2%
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (37, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Agua Claraord 4len here66.35 km94%total71 km
- Río Barbudoord 4len here61.19 km95%total64 km
- Río Santiagoord 5len here57.33 km35%total164 km
- Río Bravo Grandeord 3len here43.27 km78%total56 km
- Río Puniyacuord 4len here36.01 km100%total36 km
- Río Cafetalord 3len here35.42 km100%total36 km
- Río Negroord 5len here35.42 km64%total55 km
- Río Rumiyacuord 3len here23.68 km100%total24 km
- Río Lachasord 3len here22.78 km100%total23 km
- Río San Miguelord 5len here16.20 km53%total30 km
- Río Conejalesord 2len here13.89 km100%total14 km
- Río Pantavíord 1len here12.00 km91%total13 km
25 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Quebrada Ildikoyacuord 2len here10.52 km100%total11 km
- Quebrada Hatun Qankaord 2len here8.32 km100%total8 km
- Río El Piñánord 2len here8.00 km100%total8 km
- Río Canoasord 2len here7.12 km100%total7 km
- Río de Cantosord 2len here6.34 km100%total6 km
- Quebrada los Palosord 1len here5.72 km100%total6 km
- Río Pituraord 2len here5.70 km37%total15 km
- Río Vencedorord 1len here4.06 km100%total4 km
- Chumabiord 1len here3.84 km100%total4 km
- Quebrada Huaycupunguord 2len here3.58 km100%total4 km
- Río Silencioord 2len here2.86 km21%total14 km
- Río Encantadoord 1len here2.74 km100%total3 km
- Río Ambiord 5len here2.54 km3%total83 km
- Río El Manzanaord 1len here2.10 km100%total2 km
- Río Zapalloord 3len here1.64 km5%total32 km
- Rio Yerba Buenaord 1len here1.52 km27%total6 km
- Quebrada Espinosord 1len here1.44 km100%total1 km
- Río Mandariacu Grandeord 2len here1.27 km3%total41 km
- Río Toabuncheord 3len here1.14 km6%total19 km
- Río Cariyacuord 4len here1.05 km3%total31 km
- Rio San Franciscoord 4len here0.99 km5%total18 km
- Quebrado Pusarioord 1len here0.87 km15%total6 km
- Rio Atantoord 1len here0.74 km14%total5 km
- Rio Cotacachiord 2len here0.48 km7%total7 km
- Río Negro Chiquitoord 2len here0.12 km1%total14 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
- 0.59620, -78.71515
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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.