Wilderness Study Area · usa
Handies Peak
- Area
- 67 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ib
- Year
- 1993
Overview
- Designation
- Wilderness Study Area
- IUCN category
- Ib · Zone de nature sauvage
Aire protégée pour la wilderness, faible accès humain
- Established
- 1993
- Managing authority
- Bureau of Land Management
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
428 distinct species · 2 044 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 Handies Peak : 28 espèces reliées par 95 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 9.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 18 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology2 basins · 0 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
8,0km
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
1 152km²
Discharge in basins
0,4m³/s
Mean precip.
691mm/an
Mean T°
-0,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,13
Max snow
53%
Mean runoff
175mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
3 213m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Cataract Gulchord 2len here2.24 km84%total3 km
- Cottonwood Creekord 6len here1.76 km0%total474 km
- Lake Fork Gunnison Riverord 3len here1.20 km2%total72 km
- Grizzly Gulchord 2len here0.82 km14%total6 km
- Cuba Gulchord 1len here0.59 km51%total1 km
- Mill Gulchord 1len here0.48 km70%total1 km
- Cleveland Gulchord 1len here0.32 km9%total4 km
- Wager Gulchord 1len here0.30 km13%total2 km
- Snare Creekord 1len here0.26 km29%total1 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
- 37.90985, -107.49117
- Open in maps
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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.