Wilderness · usa
Karta River
- Area
- 162 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ib
- Year
- 1990
Overview
- Designation
- Wilderness
- IUCN category
- Ib · Zone de nature sauvage
Aire protégée pour la wilderness, faible accès humain
- Established
- 1990
- Managing authority
- Forest Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
144 distinct species · 413 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Karta River : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 82 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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 · 4 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
48,6km
Lake surface here
7,02km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
608km²
Discharge in basins
4,7m³/s
Mean precip.
2 741mm/an
Mean T°
6,1°C
Moisture idx
0,82
Max snow
45%
Mean runoff
2 293mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
250m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Andersen Creekord 2len here20.83 km100%total21 km
- McGilvery Creekord 2len here16.42 km100%total16 km
- Karta Riverord 3len here4.90 km100%total5 km
- Flagstaff Creekord 1len here4.29 km100%total4 km
- Karta Riverord 1len here0.77 km96%total1 km
- Paul Young Creekord 1len here0.72 km62%total1 km
- Karta Riverord 1len here0.67 km53%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
- 55.57045, -132.72396
- 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.