Lago de Maracaibo
IUCN VICritical Area with Treatment Priority (ACPT) · 1981
58 243 km²
Municipality · VEN
La Cañada de Urdaneta
Venezuela
AwTropical, savannah(100 %)
Species observed
418
Observations
13 636
Area
1 815,1km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de La Cañada de Urdaneta : 22 espèces reliées par 33 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
30
Interactions affichées
33
Connectance
0.076
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
418 distinct species · 13 636 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
27,8°C
Annual rain
1 103mm
Warmest m°
33,1°C
Coldest m°
23,7°C
Elevation: 38 m on average (min -4 m, max 115 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
27,8°C
Annual rain
1 103mm
Warmest month
33,1°C
Coldest month
23,7°C
Mean alt.
38m
Min
-4m
Max
115m
Std. dev.
30m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
AwTropical, savannah(100 %)Tropical
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
28,1g/kg
Clay
33,0%
Sand
38,8%
Silt
28,3%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
36,8g/kg
Clay
31,5%
Sand
39,6%
Silt
28,9%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
26,6g/kg
Clay
32,4%
Sand
39,1%
Silt
28,5%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
20,8g/kg
Clay
35,0%
Sand
37,6%
Silt
27,4%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest10.2%
Crops40.7%
Built-up0.9%
Bare soil0.8%
Other (grassland, water…)47.4%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology10 basins · 4 lakes · 1 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
49,7km
Lake surface here
2,26km²
Basins crossed
10
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
3 037km²
Discharge in basins
22,4m³/s
Mean precip.
865mm/an
Mean T°
27,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,48
Mean runoff
152mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
50m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Palmarsub-area766,8 km²overlap567.06 km²31%
- Basin #01720sub-area519,6 km²overlap403.90 km²22%
- Bassin de CALLE 99Fsub-area1 559 km²overlap344.27 km²19%
- Basin #01750sub-area1 538 km²overlap153.80 km²8%
- Basin #57640sub-area207,1 km²overlap139.97 km²8%
- Basin #01730sub-area92,3 km²overlap86.60 km²5%
- Bassin de Río Palmarsub-area199,7 km²overlap63.22 km²3%
- Bassin de Río Palmarsub-area109,5 km²overlap41.18 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Palmarsub-area495,1 km²overlap13.04 km²1%
1 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (1, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
1,4nW
Built-up
87,2%
Pesticides
3,4kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas2
IUCN VI · 2🌊 Marine · 2
Del Área Metropolitana de Maracaibo
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP) · 1986
209 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN