Wilderness Study Area · usa
Horseshoe Canyon (South)
- Area
- 161 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ib
- Year
- 1980
Overview
- Designation
- Wilderness Study Area
- IUCN category
- Ib · Zone de nature sauvage
Aire protégée pour la wilderness, faible accès humain
- Established
- 1980
- Managing authority
- Bureau of Land Management
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
94 distinct species · 146 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Horseshoe Canyon (South) : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 35 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology3 basins · 0 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
36,9km
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
115 603km²
Discharge in basins
11,8m³/s
Mean precip.
223mm/an
Mean T°
11,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,83
Max snow
5%
Mean runoff
20mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 551m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Spur Forkord 2len here22.60 km89%total26 km
- Horseshoe Canyon/Barrier Creekord 3len here4.28 km14%total31 km
- East Fork of Bluejohn Canyonord 2len here3.16 km100%total3 km
- Moqui Forkord 1len here3.15 km100%total3 km
- Little West Fork of Bluejohn Canyonord 1len here1.75 km52%total3 km
- Bluejohn Canyonord 2len here1.29 km29%total4 km
- West Fork of Bluejohn Canyonord 1len here0.69 km101%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
- 38.34452, -110.22607
- 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.