World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · ncl
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems
- Area
- 17 350 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2008
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 2008
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
5 635 distinct species · 34 304 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems : 8 espèces reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 16.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology10 basins · 0 lakes · 17 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
5,8km
Basins crossed
10
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
7 257km²
Discharge in basins
10,4m³/s
Mean precip.
1 572mm/an
Mean T°
22,5°C
Moisture idx
0,15
Mean runoff
915mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
114m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de la Koumacsub-area1 284,8 km²overlap247.63 km²1%
- Basin #80600sub-area202,9 km²overlap202.43 km²1%
- Bassin de la Ouaièmesub-area7 256,5 km²overlap78.01 km²0%
- Bassin de Rivière La Foasub-area1 679,5 km²overlap35.93 km²0%
- Bassin de la Témalasub-area3 456,4 km²overlap13.33 km²0%
- Basin #80620sub-area207 km²overlap11.02 km²0%
- Bassin de Rivière des Piroguessub-area1 447,4 km²overlap4.98 km²0%
- Basin #80610sub-area5 km²overlap1.16 km²0%
- Bassin de la Boghensub-area557,3 km²overlap0.24 km²0%
1 more basinssorted by overlap
Rivers / streams (17, ord ≥ 4)
- La Yahouéord 3len here1.21 km8%total15 km
- Tiponiteord 2len here1.17 km12%total10 km
- Nessadiouord 1len here0.76 km3%total23 km
- La Tiwakaord 3len here0.55 km1%total41 km
- la Tipindjéord 3len here0.41 km1%total40 km
- La Ouaièmeord 3len here0.40 km1%total62 km
- Wé Inaord 1len here0.30 km32%total1 km
- La Néraord 4len here0.28 km3%total10 km
- la Tanghèneord 2len here0.16 km2%total8 km
- Amoaord 2len here0.14 km0%total29 km
- La Ponandouord 1len here0.13 km2%total6 km
- Inaord 2len here0.10 km2%total5 km
5 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
- -19.94381, 163.94836
- 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.