Protective Zone (ZP) · ven
Cuenca de los Ríos Escalante y Orope (Zona Sur del Lago de Maracaibo, Artìculo 3, Numeral 2)
- Area
- 2 844 km²
- IUCN cat.
- VI
- Year
- 1974
Overview
- Designation
- Protective Zone (ZP)
- IUCN category
- VI · Aire protégée avec utilisation durable
Conservation + utilisation durable des ressources
- Established
- 1974
- Managing authority
- Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ecosocialismo (MINEC)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 347 distinct species · 8 468 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Cuenca de los Ríos Escalante y Orope (Zona Sur del Lago de Maracaibo, Artìculo 3, Numeral 2) : 20 espèces reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.8%, 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).
Hydrology8 basins · 0 lakes · 35 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
608,4km
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
3 552km²
Discharge in basins
64,6m³/s
Mean precip.
1 635mm/an
Mean T°
24,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,06
Mean runoff
706mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
634m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Escalantesub-area2 355,4 km²overlap1404.29 km²49%
- Bassin de Río Pamplonitasub-area3 551,8 km²overlap389.56 km²14%
- Bassin de Río Oropesub-area397,5 km²overlap323.13 km²11%
- Bassin de Río Mocotíessub-area507,4 km²overlap281.68 km²10%
- Bassin de Río Jabillosub-area180,7 km²overlap173.11 km²6%
- Bassin de Caño Umuquenasub-area166,4 km²overlap154.68 km²5%
- Bassin de Caño Oropitosub-area451,4 km²overlap117.44 km²4%
- Bassin de Río Uribantesub-area2 556,2 km²overlap0.57 km²0%
Rivers / streams (35, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Escalanteord 5len here65.76 km76%total86 km
- Caño Umuquenaord 2len here56.12 km100%total56 km
- Río Gritaord 4len here53.03 km82%total65 km
- Río Mocotíesord 3len here48.44 km89%total54 km
- Guaruriyesord 2len here31.32 km100%total31 km
- Caño Arenalesord 2len here29.72 km80%total37 km
- Río Blancoord 2len here29.52 km100%total30 km
- Río Culebrillaord 3len here26.51 km91%total29 km
- Río Boconóord 3len here24.91 km100%total25 km
- Río Venegaraord 2len here23.34 km66%total35 km
- Río Morotutoord 3len here23.12 km57%total40 km
- Quebrada Arenosaord 3len here17.90 km100%total18 km
23 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Río Caquetriraord 1len here16.98 km100%total17 km
- El Hoyoord 2len here16.29 km100%total16 km
- Río Calichitoord 1len here13.82 km100%total14 km
- Río Cariraord 3len here13.51 km100%total14 km
- Caño Pichoord 3len here11.64 km36%total33 km
- Río Oropitoord 2len here11.54 km100%total12 km
- Río Siscatecaord 3len here10.86 km100%total11 km
- Río Jabilloord 3len here9.40 km21%total44 km
- Caño Lavariord 1len here8.19 km100%total8 km
- Río Mocotiyesord 3len here8.14 km43%total19 km
- Río Lobateritaord 4len here7.71 km11%total71 km
- Caño Oropitoord 3len here7.51 km100%total8 km
- Caño Blancoord 2len here7.41 km50%total15 km
- Caño Oropitoord 3len here6.70 km22%total31 km
- Río Cariraord 2len here6.60 km100%total7 km
- Caño Cariritaord 2len here4.96 km43%total12 km
- Caño La Palmaord 1len here4.63 km30%total15 km
- Río San Joséord 3len here3.58 km17%total21 km
- Quebrada Las Minasord 3len here3.27 km100%total3 km
- Río La Coloradaord 2len here3.05 km100%total3 km
- San Mateoord 1len here1.63 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada Secaord 1len here0.98 km100%total1 km
- Quebrada Tampacalord 1len here0.33 km7%total5 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
- 8.33548, -71.97469
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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.