Playa Lakes
IUCN VWildlife Management Area · 1990
4 km²
County · USA
Donley
United States
BSkArid, steppe, cold(80 %)
Species observed
909
Observations
14 312
Area
2 419,4km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Donley : 29 espèces reliées par 90 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 15.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
35
Interactions affichées
90
Connectance
0.151
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
909 distinct species · 14 312 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
15,1°C
Annual rain
630mm
Warmest m°
33,2°C
Coldest m°
-0,8°C
Elevation: 811 m on average (min 637 m, max 994 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
15,1°C
Annual rain
630mm
Warmest month
33,2°C
Coldest month
-0,8°C
Mean alt.
811m
Min
637m
Max
994m
Std. dev.
69m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
BSkArid, steppe, cold(80 %)Arid
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
7,4
Org. C
13,3g/kg
Clay
28,0%
Sand
36,2%
Silt
35,8%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
7,3
Org. C
19,0g/kg
Clay
27,7%
Sand
36,3%
Silt
35,9%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
7,4
Org. C
12,4g/kg
Clay
27,4%
Sand
36,5%
Silt
36,1%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
7,6
Org. C
8,6g/kg
Clay
29,0%
Sand
35,7%
Silt
35,3%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest8.3%
Crops22.1%
Built-up0.1%
Bare soil2.2%
Other (grassland, water…)67.4%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology11 basins · 1 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
272,3km
Lake surface here
3,74km²
Basins crossed
11
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
18 506km²
Discharge in basins
1,6m³/s
Mean precip.
543mm/an
Mean T°
14,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,62
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
20mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
829m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Salt Fork Red Riversub-area1 313,7 km²overlap853.07 km²35%
- Bassin de Mulberry Creeksub-area1 622,1 km²overlap484.44 km²20%
- Bassin de East Lelia Lake Creeksub-area247,9 km²overlap247.85 km²10%
- Bassin de Whitefish Creeksub-area304,3 km²overlap244.32 km²10%
- Bassin de Salt Fork Red Riversub-area1 999 km²overlap190.51 km²8%
- Bassin de Prairie Dog Town Fork Red Riversub-area2 969,6 km²overlap177.53 km²7%
- Bassin de Salt Fork Red Riversub-area91,9 km²overlap91.89 km²4%
- Bassin de Buck Creeksub-area782,3 km²overlap82.58 km²3%
- Bassin de Prairie Dog Town Fork Red Riversub-area939,8 km²overlap28.72 km²1%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Salt Fork Red Riverord 5len here138.89 km31%total443 km
- Mulberry Creekord 4len here53.97 km17%total316 km
- Whitefish Creekord 4len here17.52 km74%total24 km
- East Lelia Lake Creekord 2len here13.81 km100%total14 km
- Carrol Creekord 4len here12.18 km32%total39 km
- Troublesome Creekord 5len here11.35 km5%total210 km
- Big Sandy Creekord 5len here11.28 km1%total886 km
- Lelia Lake Creekord 3len here8.24 km100%total8 km
- West Lelia Lake Creekord 3len here5.06 km100%total5 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,1nW
Built-up
5,1%
Pesticides
14,1kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas1
IUCN V · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN