Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · mex
Lago de Chapala
- Area
- 1 134 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2009
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 2009
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 453 distinct species · 22 295 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Lago de Chapala : 20 espèces reliées par 52 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology9 basins · 1 lakes · 3 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
22,3km
Lake surface here
1 041,31km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
43 700km²
Discharge in basins
288,4m³/s
Mean precip.
811mm/an
Mean T°
18,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,50
Mean runoff
100mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 680m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Arroyo San Marcossub-area1 863,4 km²overlap834.98 km²74%
- Bassin de Río Lermasub-area112,2 km²overlap78.57 km²7%
- Basin #34450sub-area170,9 km²overlap62.17 km²5%
- Bassin de Río Jiquilpansub-area1 105,8 km²overlap50.95 km²4%
- Bassin de Río Lermasub-area42,3 km²overlap42.14 km²4%
- Bassin de Río Lermasub-area37,8 km²overlap30.70 km²3%
- Bassin de Río Grande de Santiagosub-area45,7 km²overlap18.19 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Lermasub-area229 km²overlap16.17 km²1%
- Basin #34380sub-area0,5 km²overlap0.52 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (3, ord ≥ 4)
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
- 20.21839, -103.04988
- 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.