Mesa de Guanipa
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT) · 1978
18 486 km²
Municipality · VEN
Guanipa
Venezuela
AwTropical, savannah(100 %)
Species observed
119
Observations
195
Area
1 160,7km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Guanipa : 23 espèces reliées par 35 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
33
Interactions affichées
35
Connectance
0.066
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
119 distinct species · 195 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
26,8°C
Annual rain
988mm
Warmest m°
33,7°C
Coldest m°
21,8°C
Elevation: 196 m on average (min 94 m, max 275 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
26,8°C
Annual rain
988mm
Warmest month
33,7°C
Coldest month
21,8°C
Mean alt.
196m
Min
94m
Max
275m
Std. dev.
32m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
AwTropical, savannah(100 %)Tropical
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,7
Org. C
15,0g/kg
Clay
23,1%
Sand
58,6%
Silt
18,3%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
21,8g/kg
Clay
22,1%
Sand
59,3%
Silt
18,6%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
12,9g/kg
Clay
21,8%
Sand
59,7%
Silt
18,5%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,7
Org. C
10,2g/kg
Clay
25,5%
Sand
56,8%
Silt
17,8%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest13.8%
Crops4.9%
Built-up0.1%
Bare soil0.7%
Other (grassland, water…)80.6%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology8 basins · 0 lakes · 4 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
118,5km
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
2 799km²
Discharge in basins
9,8m³/s
Mean precip.
1 047mm/an
Mean T°
26,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,41
Mean runoff
144mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
196m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Areosub-area800,8 km²overlap485.17 km²42%
- Bassin de Río Tigresub-area444 km²overlap239.05 km²21%
- Bassin de Río Tigresub-area417,6 km²overlap201.42 km²17%
- Bassin de Río La Canoasub-area191,8 km²overlap133.23 km²11%
- Bassin de Río Carissub-area465,6 km²overlap99.22 km²9%
- Bassin de Río Carissub-area470,4 km²overlap1.45 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Tigresub-area611,2 km²overlap0.64 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Tigresub-area246,1 km²overlap0.59 km²0%
Rivers / streams (4, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,5nW
Built-up
10,1%
Pesticides
0,1kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas1
IUCN VI · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN