National Natural Park · col
El Cocuy
- Area
- 3 061 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1977
Overview
- Designation
- National Natural Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1977
- Managing authority
- Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 344 distinct species · 10 095 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 Cocuy : 14 espèces reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology14 basins · 4 lakes · 29 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
352,5km
Lake surface here
1,66km²
Basins crossed
14
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
3 063km²
Discharge in basins
155,1m³/s
Mean precip.
2 276mm/an
Mean T°
15,7°C
Moisture idx
0,39
Max snow
2%
Mean runoff
1 414mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 093m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Ratoncitosub-area984,4 km²overlap719.98 km²24%
- Bassin de Río Cobaríasub-area2 019,3 km²overlap451.47 km²15%
- Bassin de Caño Caranalsub-area1 162 km²overlap348.05 km²11%
- Bassin de Río San Lopesub-area414 km²overlap341.26 km²11%
- Bassin de Río Tamesub-area1 110,1 km²overlap267.16 km²9%
- Bassin de Río Nevadosub-area1 077,2 km²overlap204.60 km²7%
- Bassin de Río Casanaresub-area269,9 km²overlap200.85 km²7%
- Bassin de Río Playónsub-area211,7 km²overlap134.98 km²4%
- Bassin de Río Cravo Nortesub-area3 062,4 km²overlap130.35 km²4%
5 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (29, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Ratoncitoord 4len here68.36 km95%total72 km
- Río Tameord 3len here41.61 km30%total139 km
- Quebrada Ritambríaord 4len here36.25 km100%total36 km
- Río Mortiñalord 3len here32.79 km100%total33 km
- Río Playónord 3len here26.26 km46%total57 km
- Quebrada Uruguayord 2len here19.59 km100%total20 km
- Río Casanareord 6len here19.09 km3%total761 km
- Quebrada Escarchaord 2len here18.59 km100%total19 km
- Río San Lopeord 4len here15.96 km30%total53 km
- Quebrada Cóncavoord 3len here9.65 km33%total29 km
- Río Cubugónord 5len here9.16 km19%total47 km
- Quebrada Cubugónord 2len here7.08 km100%total7 km
17 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Quebrada Frailesord 2len here6.96 km100%total7 km
- Quebrada Casanareord 2len here6.41 km100%total6 km
- Río Orozcoord 5len here6.30 km13%total49 km
- Quebrada Tabaquesaord 4len here3.89 km64%total6 km
- Quebrada Corralitosord 1len here3.38 km33%total10 km
- Río Cardenilloord 2len here2.94 km18%total16 km
- Quebrada Leoncitasord 1len here2.74 km100%total3 km
- Chorro de la Plazaord 1len here2.73 km99%total3 km
- Quebrada Tunebaord 1len here2.69 km48%total6 km
- Quebrada La Cajaord 1len here2.65 km91%total3 km
- Quebrada Amarillaord 1len here1.80 km11%total16 km
- Chorro Agua Benditaord 1len here1.61 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada Cucurcanaord 1len here1.10 km12%total9 km
- Quebrada Los Airesord 1len here0.96 km98%total1 km
- Río Bojabáord 6len here0.82 km1%total77 km
- Río Playitasord 1len here0.72 km22%total3 km
- Caño Caranalord 3len here0.39 km0%total83 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
- 6.51555, -72.12352
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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.