Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2005
22 757 km²
Municipality · MEX
Culiacán
México
BShArid, steppe, hot(79 %)
Species observed
3 980
Observations
89 699
Area
6 086,9km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Culiacán : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 83 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 9.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
43
Interactions affichées
83
Connectance
0.092
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
3 980 distinct species · 89 699 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
24,3°C
Annual rain
778mm
Warmest m°
33,9°C
Coldest m°
12,9°C
Elevation: 158 m on average (min -136 m, max 1 501 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
24,3°C
Annual rain
778mm
Warmest month
33,9°C
Coldest month
12,9°C
Mean alt.
158m
Min
-136m
Max
1 501m
Std. dev.
189m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
BShArid, steppe, hot(79 %)Arid
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
7,1
Org. C
15,8g/kg
Clay
28,4%
Sand
46,0%
Silt
25,6%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: pyGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
7,0
Org. C
24,1g/kg
Clay
26,2%
Sand
47,6%
Silt
26,2%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
7,1
Org. C
14,3g/kg
Clay
27,5%
Sand
46,5%
Silt
26,0%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
7,1
Org. C
9,0g/kg
Clay
31,6%
Sand
43,8%
Silt
24,6%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest31.0%
Crops28.1%
Built-up0.8%
Bare soil2.6%
Other (grassland, water…)37.5%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology22 basins · 50 lakes · 14 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
402,3km
Lake surface here
48,52km²
Basins crossed
22
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
16 459km²
Discharge in basins
413,4m³/s
Mean precip.
691mm/an
Mean T°
24,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,63
Mean runoff
164mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
179m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Canal San Anselmosub-area1 883,4 km²overlap1482.60 km²24%
- Bassin de Río Humayasub-area906,8 km²overlap712.71 km²12%
- Bassin de Río Tamazulasub-area530 km²overlap422.82 km²7%
- Basin #06860sub-area456,7 km²overlap420.88 km²7%
- Bassin de Ramal Batamotesub-area2 159,7 km²overlap348.49 km²6%
- Bassin de Río Tamazulasub-area592,4 km²overlap346.36 km²6%
- Basin #06850sub-area321,6 km²overlap319.30 km²5%
- Bassin de Río San Lorenzosub-area288,1 km²overlap286.50 km²5%
- Bassin de Río San Lorenzosub-area734,6 km²overlap253.66 km²4%
13 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Río Tamazulasub-area230,2 km²overlap229.76 km²4%
- Bassin de Río Tamazulasub-area373,9 km²overlap225.82 km²4%
- Bassin de Río San Lorenzosub-area234,2 km²overlap222.26 km²4%
- Basin #06830sub-area269,9 km²overlap177.98 km²3%
- Bassin de Río Culiacánsub-area696,6 km²overlap176.78 km²3%
- Bassin de A. el Leónsub-area140,5 km²overlap140.15 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Humayasub-area1 032 km²overlap135.09 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Tamazulasub-area78,5 km²overlap78.36 km²1%
- Basin #06800sub-area175,7 km²overlap52.19 km²1%
- Basin #06840sub-area42,5 km²overlap37.70 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Tamazulasub-area8,1 km²overlap8.12 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Humayasub-area1 950,4 km²overlap7.09 km²0%
- Basin #07160sub-area408,2 km²overlap0.28 km²0%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Presa Sanalonaarea19,4 km²avg depth43.5 m
- Presa Cascabelesarea3,7 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Presa El Ahuatearea2,7 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Presa La Primaveraarea2,2 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lake #14775area1,8 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lake #14798area1,8 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Presa La Vinataarea1,7 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Presa Juan Guerreroarea1,2 km²avg depth88.0 m
- Lake #14803area1 km²avg depth1.5 m
41 more lakes
- Lac 1070041area0,9 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1069747area0,9 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1069710area0,8 km²avg depth8.2 m
- Lac 1070048area0,8 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1069698area0,8 km²avg depth5.2 m
- Lac 1070133area0,7 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1070045area0,6 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1070015area0,6 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1070074area0,5 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1070047area0,5 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1069716area0,5 km²avg depth7.2 m
- Lac 1069998area0,5 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1069930area0,4 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1069991area0,4 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1070121area0,4 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1070005area0,3 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1070083area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1070134area0,3 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1069983area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1070023area0,3 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1069919area0,3 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1070016area0,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1070069area0,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1070066area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1070127area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1070028area0,2 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1070123area0,2 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1070135area0,2 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1069966area0,2 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1070064area0,2 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1070053area0,2 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1070070area0,2 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1070029area0,2 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1070156area0,2 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1070061area0,2 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1070108area0,2 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1069939area0,2 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1069937area0,2 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1070097area0,2 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1069948area0,1 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1070073area0,1 km²avg depth1.1 m
Rivers / streams (14, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Tamazulaord 6len here137.33 km47%total291 km
- Río Humayaord 5len here88.70 km27%total331 km
- Río San Lorenzoord 5len here73.06 km25%total296 km
- Río Culiacánord 6len here18.70 km23%total81 km
- Ramal El Limónord 2len here13.30 km100%total13 km
- A. el Leónord 2len here13.28 km100%total13 km
- Ramal Veintiunoord 1len here11.99 km100%total12 km
- Canal San Anselmoord 1len here10.67 km100%total11 km
- Principal Bacurimiord 1len here8.24 km100%total8 km
- Río San Cayetanoord 2len here7.64 km62%total12 km
- Carrizalejoord 2len here7.44 km100%total7 km
- A. el Toroord 1len here5.04 km100%total5 km
2 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
1,7nW
Built-up
84,1%
Pesticides
19,8kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas5
IUCN Not Applicable · 2IUCN Not Reported · 2IUCN VI · 1🌊 Marine · 4
Islas del Golfo de California
IUCN VIFlora and Fauna Protection Area · 2000
3 761 km²
Islas del Golfo de California
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · 1995
3 761 km²
Ensenada de Pabellones
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2008
406 km²
Isla de Oraba
IUCN Not ReportedMunicipal Park · 2004
0 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN