Zona de Utilidad Pública y de Interés Turístico Recreacional La Península de Paraguaná
IUCN VTourist Interest Area (ZIT) · 1974
2 908 km²
Municipality · VEN
Falcón
Venezuela
BShArid, steppe, hot(90 %)
Species observed
671
Observations
21 763
Area
1 611,2km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Falcón : 16 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
29
Interactions affichées
45
Connectance
0.111
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
671 distinct species · 21 763 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
27,0°C
Annual rain
421mm
Warmest m°
30,3°C
Coldest m°
24,1°C
Elevation: 47 m on average (min -28 m, max 361 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
27,0°C
Annual rain
421mm
Warmest month
30,3°C
Coldest month
24,1°C
Mean alt.
47m
Min
-28m
Max
361m
Std. dev.
42m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
BShArid, steppe, hot(90 %)Arid
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
7,2
Org. C
17,4g/kg
Clay
35,4%
Sand
39,0%
Silt
25,6%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
7,2
Org. C
25,3g/kg
Clay
33,7%
Sand
40,3%
Silt
26,0%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
7,2
Org. C
15,5g/kg
Clay
34,2%
Sand
39,8%
Silt
26,0%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
7,2
Org. C
11,5g/kg
Clay
38,3%
Sand
37,0%
Silt
24,7%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest17.8%
Crops1.6%
Built-up0.2%
Bare soil3.3%
Other (grassland, water…)77.2%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology5 basins · 1 lakes · 0 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Lake surface here
0,17km²
Basins crossed
5
Max drainage
1 295km²
Discharge in basins
0,3m³/s
Mean precip.
460mm/an
Mean T°
27,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,70
Mean runoff
40mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
46m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (1, top by area)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,4nW
Built-up
22,7%
Pesticides
0,0kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas6
IUCN III · 3IUCN V · 1IUCN II · 1IUCN IV · 1🌊 Marine · 4
Medanos de Coro
IUCN IINational Park (PN) · 1974
734 km²
Montecano
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN) · 2019
26 km²
Cerro Santa Ana
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN) · 1972
20 km²
Laguna de Boca de Caño
IUCN IVWildlife Refuge (RFS) · 1989
4 km²
Cuevas de Paraguaná
IUCN IIIWildlife Sanctuary (SFS) · 2008
1 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN