World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · arg
Iguazu National Park
- Area
- 586 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1984
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 1984
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 689 distinct species · 294 531 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Iguazu National Park : 28 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 36 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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 · 16 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
195,2km
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
909 277km²
Discharge in basins
763,1m³/s
Mean precip.
1 763mm/an
Mean T°
20,3°C
Moisture idx
0,09
Mean runoff
1 109mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
266m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (16, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Iguazúord 7len here58.28 km33%total175 km
- Arroyo Yacuyord 3len here22.55 km39%total58 km
- Arroyo Ibicuyord 3len here21.29 km98%total22 km
- Arroyo Santo Domingo Chicoord 2len here21.07 km100%total21 km
- Arroyo Santo Domingoord 2len here14.36 km100%total14 km
- Arroyo Ñandúord 2len here11.85 km63%total19 km
- Arroyo Ibicuíord 2len here11.27 km100%total11 km
- Arroyo Centralord 4len here9.46 km14%total70 km
- Arroyo Macucoord 7len here5.58 km75%total7 km
- Arroyo Yacuy Chicoord 2len here5.32 km100%total5 km
- Arroyo Mbocayord 8len here4.58 km27%total17 km
- Arroyo Ñandú Chicoord 1len here4.03 km61%total7 km
4 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- -25.64859, -54.28461
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.