National Conservation Area · usa
Gunnison Gorge
- Area
- 263 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
Overview
- Designation
- National Conservation Area
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
0 - Managing authority
- Bureau of Land Management
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
480 distinct species · 2 473 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 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 Gunnison Gorge : 30 espèces reliées par 122 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 11.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology6 basins · 0 lakes · 10 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
52,7km
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
14 617km²
Discharge in basins
66,7m³/s
Mean precip.
385mm/an
Mean T°
6,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,63
Max snow
35%
Mean runoff
122mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 174m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Tongue Creeksub-area1 002,4 km²overlap83.50 km²32%
- Bassin de Gunnison Riversub-area519,4 km²overlap81.93 km²31%
- Bassin de Loutsenhizer Arroyosub-area199 km²overlap59.70 km²23%
- Bassin de Grand View Ditchsub-area497,5 km²overlap25.77 km²10%
- Bassin de Gunnison Riversub-area11,8 km²overlap10.49 km²4%
- Bassin de North Fork Gunnison Riversub-area2 507,4 km²overlap1.79 km²1%
Rivers / streams (10, ord ≥ 4)
- Gunnison Riverord 5len here23.96 km9%total268 km
- Son of a Gun Gulchord 1len here8.96 km38%total24 km
- Sun Cliff Canyonord 5len here6.30 km100%total6 km
- Grand View Ditchord 4len here3.60 km17%total21 km
- Loutsenhizer Canalord 2len here2.71 km13%total21 km
- Relief Canalord 5len here2.70 km52%total5 km
- East O Lateralord 1len here2.22 km20%total11 km
- North Fork Gunnison Riverord 4len here1.47 km2%total70 km
- Selig Canalord 1len here0.56 km19%total3 km
- Loutsenhizer Arroyoord 3len here0.20 km1%total31 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
- 38.66689, -107.83311
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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.