Multiple Use Area · gtm
Cuenca del Lago Atitlán
- Area
- 1 100 km²
- IUCN cat.
- III
- Year
- 1955
Overview
- Designation
- Multiple Use Area
- IUCN category
- III · Monument naturel
Caractéristique naturelle spécifique protégée
- Established
- 1955
- Managing authority
- CONAP
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 693 distinct species · 534 660 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 del Lago Atitlán : 14 espèces reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology6 basins · 1 lakes · 18 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
157,9km
Lake surface here
122,30km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
1 741km²
Discharge in basins
58,3m³/s
Mean precip.
1 847mm/an
Mean T°
19,0°C
Moisture idx
0,12
Mean runoff
1 433mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 544m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río San Franciscosub-area551,7 km²overlap521.61 km²47%
- Bassin de Río Madre Viejasub-area830,1 km²overlap215.47 km²20%
- Bassin de Río Nahualatesub-area1 548,7 km²overlap210.00 km²19%
- Bassin de Río Motaguasub-area1 740,4 km²overlap112.57 km²10%
- Bassin de Río Coyolatesub-area1 501,8 km²overlap34.05 km²3%
- Bassin de Río Samalásub-area1 505,9 km²overlap5.97 km²1%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (18, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Madre Viejaord 4len here35.38 km57%total62 km
- Río Nahualateord 5len here33.49 km16%total208 km
- Río San Franciscoord 2len here17.79 km100%total18 km
- Río Los Molinosord 2len here14.67 km100%total15 km
- Río Nicanord 2len here10.27 km57%total18 km
- Río Chucojomord 2len here10.07 km62%total16 km
- Río Mascalateord 4len here7.29 km73%total10 km
- Río Patzajord 2len here6.34 km100%total6 km
- Río El Tablónord 2len here5.01 km92%total5 km
- Rio Papaáord 1len here4.28 km100%total4 km
- Rio Sactzumord 3len here3.54 km41%total9 km
- Río Suliyáord 1len here2.46 km51%total5 km
6 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- 14.69290, -91.19770
- 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.