World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · mex
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
- Area
- 22 757 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2005
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 2005
- Managing authority
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources through the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 315 distinct species · 49 705 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 Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 67 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology58 basins · 39 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
42,5km
Lake surface here
160,43km²
Basins crossed
58
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
620 438km²
Discharge in basins
112,3m³/s
Mean precip.
163mm/an
Mean T°
21,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,91
Mean runoff
49mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
144m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Arroyo Sauzalsub-area1 309,7 km²overlap1248.53 km²5%
- Basin #08600sub-area1 314,2 km²overlap1042.29 km²5%
- Basin #55590sub-area993,5 km²overlap902.13 km²4%
- Basin #08730sub-area1 372,2 km²overlap742.95 km²3%
- Basin #08740sub-area2 236,2 km²overlap586.23 km²3%
- Bassin de Arroyo San José de Magdalenasub-area12 793,6 km²overlap574.81 km²3%
- Basin #08670sub-area427,4 km²overlap301.72 km²1%
- Basin #55700sub-area281,8 km²overlap281.08 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Cajoncitosub-area4 503,6 km²overlap256.40 km²1%
49 more basinssorted by overlap
- Basin #08680sub-area245 km²overlap244.81 km²1%
- Basin #24440sub-area954,2 km²overlap231.35 km²1%
- Basin #07060sub-area330,2 km²overlap212.14 km²1%
- Basin #08720sub-area172,9 km²overlap172.77 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Las Cañassub-area1 799 km²overlap165.92 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Coloradosub-area141,7 km²overlap141.61 km²1%
- Basin #19650sub-area2 560,7 km²overlap121.67 km²1%
- Basin #24260sub-area173,2 km²overlap107.36 km²0%
- Basin #08520sub-area425,1 km²overlap94.73 km²0%
- Basin #08590sub-area2 267,9 km²overlap84.86 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Coloradosub-area460,6 km²overlap81.62 km²0%
- Basin #08560sub-area220,2 km²overlap77.76 km²0%
- Bassin de Canal Dren Colector Seissub-area435,8 km²overlap51.89 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Coloradosub-area223,9 km²overlap37.35 km²0%
- Bassin de Dren Ramal Cerosub-area434,3 km²overlap34.28 km²0%
- Basin #07730sub-area1 389,1 km²overlap34.25 km²0%
- Bassin de Granja Camaronerasub-area328,6 km²overlap31.57 km²0%
- Bassin de Santa Ritasub-area234,9 km²overlap27.44 km²0%
- Basin #08550sub-area1 961,1 km²overlap17.07 km²0%
- Bassin de Dren Bay Mañanitassub-area481,6 km²overlap13.28 km²0%
- Bassin de Asambleasub-area2 841,8 km²overlap11.44 km²0%
- Bassin de Canal Bajosub-area576,2 km²overlap7.37 km²0%
- Bassin de Arroyo Santa Maríasub-area3 924,4 km²overlap7.33 km²0%
- Bassin de Arroyo del Ejido Melchor Ocamposub-area752,9 km²overlap7.06 km²0%
- Bassin de Arroyo El Tularsub-area638,6 km²overlap6.71 km²0%
- Bassin de El Pescadosub-area2 264,1 km²overlap6.34 km²0%
- Basin #08460sub-area522,3 km²overlap6.30 km²0%
- Bassin de Canal San Anselmosub-area1 883,4 km²overlap5.22 km²0%
- Bassin de Arroyo Los Anegadossub-area525,7 km²overlap5.15 km²0%
- Basin #07260sub-area25,8 km²overlap4.13 km²0%
- Bassin de Arroyo Hondosub-area6 115,5 km²overlap3.57 km²0%
- Basin #23080sub-area927,9 km²overlap3.05 km²0%
- Bassin de Arroyosub-area683,7 km²overlap2.84 km²0%
- Basin #07390sub-area516,5 km²overlap2.40 km²0%
- Bassin de Rio Fuertesub-area2 106,7 km²overlap1.44 km²0%
- Basin #06640sub-area1 986 km²overlap1.18 km²0%
- Basin #08130sub-area52,4 km²overlap0.87 km²0%
- Bassin de Arroyo El Bejucosub-area2 687,4 km²overlap0.86 km²0%
- Bassin de Rio Baluartesub-area476,9 km²overlap0.72 km²0%
- Bassin de Dren Jupatecosub-area238,5 km²overlap0.72 km²0%
- Basin #22840sub-area69 km²overlap0.71 km²0%
- Basin #06840sub-area42,5 km²overlap0.59 km²0%
- Basin #06860sub-area456,7 km²overlap0.58 km²0%
- Bassin de San Cristobal Washsub-area2 679,3 km²overlap0.45 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Grande de Santiagosub-area148,4 km²overlap0.24 km²0%
- Basin #08200sub-area101,7 km²overlap0.24 km²0%
- Bassin de Reformasub-area511,5 km²overlap0.08 km²0%
- Basin #06350sub-area96,9 km²overlap0.03 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Grande de Santiagosub-area2 394,4 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
Lakes (39, top by area)
- Laguna Saladaarea991,1 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lake #9494area40,6 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lake #9501area21,6 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lake #9488area10,7 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #9497area10,5 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lake #13717area9,4 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lake #13732area5 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lake #13741area2,6 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lake #13695area2,5 km²avg depth1.1 m
30 more lakes
- Lake #13778area2,5 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #13721area2,1 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lake #13715area2,1 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #13723area1,5 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #13706area1,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lake #13724area1,3 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #13746area1,1 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lake #13728area1,1 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #13725area1,1 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lake #13751area1,1 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lake #13772area1 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1065043area0,9 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1064678area0,9 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1070523area0,8 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1064615area0,5 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1068621area0,4 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1064523area0,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1064972area0,3 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1064557area0,3 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1064516area0,3 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1065021area0,3 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1069984area0,3 km²avg depth4.7 m
- Lac 1067675area0,2 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1069734area0,2 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1064552area0,2 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1070532area0,2 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1070019area0,2 km²avg depth4.7 m
- Lac 1067723area0,1 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1065054area0,1 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1069621area0,1 km²avg depth1.2 m
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Arroyo Sauzalord 2len here31.37 km100%total31 km
- Río Coloradoord 8len here6.74 km4%total162 km
- Rio Fuerteord 6len here2.07 km1%total243 km
- Arroyo del Ejido Melchor Ocampoord 2len here1.09 km5%total23 km
- Rio Baluarteord 5len here0.67 km0%total292 km
- El Saltoord 2len here0.31 km1%total22 km
- Arroyo Las Parrasord 2len here0.28 km1%total24 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
- 31.59246, -114.40660
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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.