National Park · ecu
Cotopaxi
- Area
- 328 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1996
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1996
- Managing authority
- Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
979 distinct species · 20 445 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Cotopaxi : 32 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 38 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.9%, 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).
Hydrology3 basins · 1 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
29,2km
Lake surface here
0,10km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
2 690km²
Discharge in basins
8,4m³/s
Mean precip.
1 100mm/an
Mean T°
9,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,01
Max snow
3%
Mean runoff
1 064mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
3 356m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Pitaord 4len here10.54 km18%total59 km
- Rio Tamboyacuord 2len here4.82 km26%total19 km
- Rio Hualpalomaord 2len here3.67 km96%total4 km
- Quebrada Chiryacuord 1len here2.51 km29%total9 km
- Quebrada Derrumboord 3len here2.13 km50%total4 km
- Quebrada Muladeroord 3len here2.03 km14%total14 km
- Queb. Agualongoord 2len here1.74 km52%total3 km
- Río Tamboord 8len here1.40 km0%total382 km
- Quebrada Puchaliolaord 1len here0.35 km6%total6 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
- -0.64316, -78.43081
- 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.