Region · guy
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara
Guyana
Species observed
1 378
Observations
14 006
Area
3 284,5km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Essequibo Islands-West Demerara : 21 espèces reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.1%, 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).
Species present
1 378 distinct species · 14 006 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
25,7°C
Annual rain
2 401mm
Warmest m°
29,9°C
Coldest m°
22,5°C
Elevation: 24 m on average (min -24 m, max 209 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
4,8
Org. C
54,9g/kg
Clay
32,1%
Sand
36,6%
Silt
31,2%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
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)
Hydrology9 basins · 4 lakes · 20 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
269,7km
Lake surface here
2,57km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
7 448km²
Discharge in basins
181,2m³/s
Mean precip.
2 119mm/an
Mean T°
26,3°C
Moisture idx
0,33
Mean runoff
1 005mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
35m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Demerara Riversub-area2 138,3 km²overlap1174.63 km²36%
- Bassin de Bonasika Riversub-area1 239,8 km²overlap1110.93 km²34%
- Bassin de Arawarri Riversub-area561 km²overlap474.52 km²14%
- Bassin de Groete Riversub-area406 km²overlap392.91 km²12%
- Bassin de Kereti Riversub-area222,6 km²overlap112.23 km²3%
- Bassin de Supenaam Riversub-area1 041,6 km²overlap9.00 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Cuyunísub-area256,9 km²overlap8.05 km²0%
- Basin #01960sub-area218,3 km²overlap0.66 km²0%
- Bassin de Demerara Riversub-area297,7 km²overlap0.64 km²0%
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (20, ord ≥ 4)
- Demerara Riverord 5len here88.04 km51%total173 km
- Kamuni Riverord 5len here39.54 km97%total41 km
- Groete Riverord 3len here38.17 km100%total38 km
- Waratilla Riverord 3len here14.44 km100%total14 km
- Kereti Riverord 1len here13.69 km99%total14 km
- Pokerero Riverord 2len here12.97 km100%total13 km
- Kuliserabo Riverord 3len here12.05 km100%total12 km
- Arawarri Riverord 2len here8.68 km100%total9 km
- Mibiri Creekord 1len here8.30 km100%total8 km
- Weri-werai-kuru Riverord 3len here7.31 km97%total8 km
- Bonasika Riverord 3len here6.18 km24%total25 km
- Canal #1ord 5len here4.07 km99%total4 km
8 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Drainage Canalord 3len here3.99 km100%total4 km
- Drainage Canalord 1len here3.47 km100%total3 km
- Friendship and Hope canalord 5len here2.92 km81%total4 km
- Canal #2ord 3len here2.42 km100%total2 km
- Loo Riverord 5len here1.97 km18%total11 km
- Demerara Riverord 3len here1.17 km37%total3 km
- Tiger Riverord 2len here0.18 km3%total5 km
- Arobaio Riverord 3len here0.12 km5%total2 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,3nW
Built-up
23,1%
Pesticides
8,1kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Sub-administrations19
- Amsterdam (Demerara River) / VriNot Classified
- Blankenburg / HagueNeighbourhood Democratic
- Bonasika / BoerasirieNot Classified
- Canal No. 2 (part) + The Belle +Not Classified
- Canals PolderNeighbourhood Democratic
- Cornelia Ida / StewartvilleNeighbourhood Democratic
- Good Hope / HydronieNeighbourhood Democratic
- Klein Pouderoyen / BestNeighbourhood Democratic
- Leguan (Essequibo Islands )Neighbourhood Democratic
- Lower West DemeraraNot Classified
- Meer Zorgen / Malgre ToutNeighbourhood Democratic
- Nismes / La GrangeNeighbourhood Democratic
- Nouvelle Flanders / La JalousieNeighbourhood Democratic
- Parika / MoraNeighbourhood Democratic
- Patentia / ToevlugtNeighbourhood Democratic
- Sparta / Bonasika and Rest of EsNot Classified
- Uitvlugt / TuschenNeighbourhood Democratic
- Vergenoegen / Greenwich ParkNeighbourhood Democratic
- Wakenaam (Essequibo Islands)Neighbourhood Democratic