Commune · ECU
El Carmen
Ecuador
Species observed
663
Observations
2 411
Area
1 261,6km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 El Carmen : 31 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 34 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
663 distinct species · 2 411 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
24,0°C
Annual rain
2 451mm
Warmest m°
27,7°C
Coldest m°
20,5°C
Elevation: 160 m on average (min 78 m, max 268 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,6
Org. C
38,4g/kg
Clay
27,7%
Sand
32,7%
Silt
39,6%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: smGLiMaggregated to El Carmen
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology6 basins · 15 lakes · 19 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
333,2km
Lake surface here
41,74km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
4 126km²
Discharge in basins
143,3m³/s
Mean precip.
2 317mm/an
Mean T°
24,5°C
Moisture idx
0,30
Mean runoff
1 444mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
197m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Peripasub-area1 261,9 km²overlap470.02 km²37%
- Bassin de Río de Orosub-area1 408,1 km²overlap261.53 km²21%
- Bassin de Río Pupusásub-area350,7 km²overlap186.06 km²15%
- Bassin de Río de Orosub-area286,8 km²overlap169.02 km²13%
- Bassin de Río Quinindésub-area4 126 km²overlap105.95 km²8%
- Bassin de Río Conguillosub-area177,7 km²overlap69.02 km²5%
Lakes (15, top by area)
- Embalse Daule-Peripaarea82,8 km²avg depth72.5 m
- Lake #16980area5,8 km²avg depth11.3 m
- Lake #16983area4,6 km²avg depth7.3 m
- Embalse Daule Peripaarea1,5 km²avg depth4.8 m
- Lac 1079470area0,9 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lac 1079442area0,8 km²avg depth3.7 m
- Lac 1079387area0,6 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Lac 1079474area0,5 km²avg depth3.6 m
- Lac 1079444area0,3 km²avg depth3.7 m
Rivers / streams (19, ord ≥ 4)
- Río de Oroord 5len here66.84 km48%total140 km
- Río Armadilloord 3len here60.49 km99%total61 km
- Río Pupusáord 5len here44.18 km60%total74 km
- Río Peripaord 4len here42.67 km37%total116 km
- Río Cajonesord 2len here31.63 km75%total42 km
- Río Las Vainasord 4len here29.49 km91%total32 km
- Río Sumaord 3len here19.47 km40%total49 km
- Río El Venadoord 2len here13.17 km100%total13 km
- Estero Aguilarord 2len here9.93 km78%total13 km
- Río Pambilarord 1len here4.42 km100%total4 km
- Río Chilaord 3len here3.15 km4%total71 km
- Río Güichipeord 1len here3.03 km25%total12 km
7 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Río Agua Suciaord 1len here1.44 km100%total1 km
- Estero Infiernitoord 1len here1.21 km30%total4 km
- Río de Monosord 4len here1.20 km4%total29 km
- Estero Arenaord 3len here0.71 km24%total3 km
- Río Chauneord 2len here0.13 km1%total25 km
- Coreord 2len here≈ tangenttotal7 km
- Río Pescadilloord 3len here≈ tangenttotal51 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,5nW
Built-up
44,7%
Pesticides
72,7kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)