World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · usa
Grand Canyon National Park
- Area
- 4 887 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1979
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 1979
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
4 395 distinct species · 371 836 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Grand Canyon National Park : 25 espèces reliées par 84 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology24 basins · 1 lakes · 100 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 127,5km
Lake surface here
1,70km²
Basins crossed
24
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
377 953km²
Discharge in basins
2 346,2m³/s
Mean precip.
317mm/an
Mean T°
11,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,75
Max snow
16%
Mean runoff
29mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 588m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Colorado Riversub-area2 211 km²overlap2041.21 km²42%
- Bassin de Colorado Riversub-area2 122,6 km²overlap732.59 km²15%
- Bassin de Colorado Riversub-area2 396,3 km²overlap613.62 km²13%
- Bassin de Colorado Riversub-area684,6 km²overlap299.17 km²6%
- Bassin de Colorado Riversub-area647,5 km²overlap293.34 km²6%
- Bassin de Colorado Riversub-area275,5 km²overlap235.30 km²5%
- Bassin de Colorado Riversub-area392,1 km²overlap234.14 km²5%
- Bassin de Indian Hollowsub-area599,8 km²overlap96.44 km²2%
- Bassin de Coconino Washsub-area964,6 km²overlap88.77 km²2%
15 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Little Colorado Riversub-area1 465,1 km²overlap85.04 km²2%
- Bassin de Cataract Creeksub-area1 185,9 km²overlap43.05 km²1%
- Bassin de Shinumo Washsub-area344,4 km²overlap34.56 km²1%
- Bassin de Parashant Canyonsub-area933,3 km²overlap23.12 km²0%
- Bassin de Hack Canyonsub-area542,2 km²overlap18.00 km²0%
- Bassin de South Canyonsub-area203,6 km²overlap14.56 km²0%
- Bassin de Colorado Riversub-area398,4 km²overlap13.39 km²0%
- Bassin de Colorado Riversub-area20,4 km²overlap5.73 km²0%
- Bassin de North Canyon Washsub-area409,6 km²overlap4.24 km²0%
- Bassin de Hanaa Ninadzidzahisub-area50,7 km²overlap4.17 km²0%
- Bassin de House Rock Washsub-area790,1 km²overlap3.77 km²0%
- Bassin de Tanner Washsub-area231,9 km²overlap2.91 km²0%
- Bassin de Peach Springs Washsub-area732,3 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
- Bassin de Milkweek Canyonsub-area668,6 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
- Bassin de Grand Washsub-area2 564,5 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (100, ord ≥ 4)
- Colorado Riverord 8len here417.08 km12%total3561 km
- Phantom Creekord 7len here31.98 km100%total32 km
- Surprise Canyonord 7len here28.59 km95%total30 km
- Tuna Creekord 2len here22.32 km100%total22 km
- Green Spring Canyonord 2len here22.18 km65%total34 km
- Kanab Creekord 7len here22.10 km10%total220 km
- Clear Creekord 7len here21.11 km9%total223 km
- Burnt Canyonord 2len here20.74 km61%total34 km
- Tuckup Canyonord 3len here19.43 km100%total19 km
- Separation Canyonord 7len here18.93 km91%total21 km
- The Transeptord 1len here17.53 km100%total18 km
- Bright Angel Creekord 7len here17.25 km100%total17 km
88 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Two Hundred and Nine Mile Canyonord 7len here15.28 km100%total15 km
- Big Spring Canyonord 2len here15.25 km53%total29 km
- Unkar Creekord 7len here14.10 km100%total14 km
- Cave Canyonord 4len here13.54 km29%total46 km
- Nankoweap Creekord 2len here12.48 km100%total12 km
- Castle Canyonord 1len here11.92 km100%total12 km
- Lava Creekord 1len here11.92 km100%total12 km
- Crystal Creekord 4len here11.91 km13%total91 km
- South Canyonord 3len here11.80 km26%total46 km
- Trail Canyonord 3len here11.68 km25%total46 km
- Twin Creek Canyonord 2len here11.07 km100%total11 km
- Kwagunt Creekord 7len here10.72 km100%total11 km
- Tapeats Creekord 7len here10.34 km100%total10 km
- Deer Creekord 3len here9.75 km6%total157 km
- Shinumo Washord 7len here9.51 km36%total27 km
- Spring Canyonord 2len here9.35 km17%total55 km
- Parashant Canyonord 3len here9.09 km13%total69 km
- Vishnu Creekord 7len here8.83 km100%total9 km
- Hundred and Twentyseven Mile Creekord 7len here8.52 km100%total9 km
- Hundred and Fifty Mile Canyonord 1len here8.51 km100%total9 km
- Shinumo Creekord 2len here8.46 km100%total8 km
- Palisades Creekord 7len here7.73 km100%total8 km
- Sixtymile Creekord 7len here7.73 km100%total8 km
- Cove Canyonord 7len here7.69 km41%total19 km
- Wall Creekord 2len here7.12 km100%total7 km
- Kanab Canyonord 1len here7.08 km100%total7 km
- Stina Canyonord 1len here7.03 km39%total18 km
- Buck Farm Canyonord 7len here6.89 km100%total7 km
- Dragon Creekord 2len here6.68 km100%total7 km
- Hundred and Forty Mile Canyonord 7len here6.09 km100%total6 km
- Trinity Creekord 7len here6.07 km100%total6 km
- Redwall Canyonord 1len here5.98 km100%total6 km
- House Rock Washord 3len here5.88 km7%total78 km
- Milk Creekord 2len here5.68 km25%total23 km
- Andrus Canyonord 2len here5.61 km21%total27 km
- Snap Canyonord 2len here5.54 km12%total46 km
- Tanner Canyonord 1len here5.37 km100%total5 km
- Salt Creekord 4len here5.36 km6%total85 km
- Two Hundred and Twenty Mile Canyonord 1len here5.25 km96%total5 km
- Royal Arch Creekord 1len here5.23 km100%total5 km
- Matkatamiba Canyonord 2len here5.23 km100%total5 km
- Twin Springs Canyonord 2len here5.16 km100%total5 km
- Havasu Creekord 5len here4.96 km23%total22 km
- Price Canyonord 1len here4.93 km66%total8 km
- Parissawampitts Canyonord 1len here4.85 km46%total11 km
- National Canyonord 7len here4.79 km7%total64 km
- Timp Canyonord 1len here4.57 km63%total7 km
- North Canyon Washord 3len here4.19 km6%total66 km
- Tatahatso Washord 2len here3.93 km19%total21 km
- Galloway Canyonord 7len here3.63 km100%total4 km
- Horse Spring Canyonord 1len here3.59 km100%total4 km
- Crazy Jug Canyonord 2len here3.41 km100%total3 km
- Hanaa Ninadzidzahiord 7len here3.33 km29%total12 km
- Scotty's Holloword 1len here3.09 km100%total3 km
- Tatahoysa Washord 2len here3.02 km19%total16 km
- Sapphire Canyonord 1len here3.01 km100%total3 km
- Fossil Cayonord 7len here2.71 km100%total3 km
- Tiger Washord 2len here2.69 km6%total45 km
- Boucher Creekord 1len here2.59 km100%total3 km
- Fishtail Canyonord 1len here2.54 km100%total3 km
- Tipover Canyonord 1len here2.54 km100%total3 km
- Indian Holloword 2len here2.30 km7%total35 km
- One Hundred and Ninetyfour Mile Canyonord 7len here2.03 km49%total4 km
- Sheep Spring Washord 1len here1.97 km74%total3 km
- Bright Angel Washord 1len here1.77 km33%total5 km
- Roundy Creekord 1len here1.68 km74%total2 km
- Seventy-Five Mile Creekord 1len here1.66 km100%total2 km
- South Fork Soap Creekord 1len here1.62 km15%total11 km
- Stone Creekord 1len here1.53 km57%total3 km
- Ninetyfour Mile Creekord 7len here1.50 km100%total2 km
- Jackass Creekord 2len here1.47 km13%total11 km
- Pasture Washord 1len here1.44 km14%total10 km
- Soap Creekord 2len here1.39 km4%total37 km
- Badger Canyon Creekord 2len here1.37 km14%total10 km
- Zoroaster Canyonord 1len here1.36 km100%total1 km
- Little Nankoweap Creekord 1len here1.31 km100%total1 km
- Cedar Canyonord 2len here1.27 km3%total44 km
- Paradise Canyonord 1len here1.19 km6%total20 km
- Saddle Canyonord 2len here1.19 km100%total1 km
- Six Mile Washord 1len here1.11 km53%total2 km
- Basalt Creekord 1len here1.03 km101%total1 km
- Lechee Washord 1len here0.97 km7%total15 km
- Fall Canyonord 1len here0.94 km100%total1 km
- Bass Canyonord 1len here0.89 km100%total1 km
- Brady Canyonord 3len here0.79 km9%total9 km
- Whitmore Washord 3len here0.76 km3%total28 km
- Hells Holloword 2len here0.48 km5%total10 km
- Bridge Canyonord 7len here0.47 km3%total17 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
- 36.30452, -112.29020
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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.