UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · chl
Lauca (RB)
- Area
- 3 587 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1981
Overview
- Designation
- UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
- Established
- 1981
- Managing authority
- Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
596 distinct species · 71 196 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 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 Lauca (RB) : 11 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 2 bulles famille, 10 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 12.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology22 basins · 14 lakes · 29 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
533,4km
Lake surface here
117,53km²
Basins crossed
22
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
2 677km²
Discharge in basins
0,5m³/s
Mean precip.
277mm/an
Mean T°
2,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,73
Max snow
2%
Mean runoff
5mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
4 419m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Laucasub-area1 316,5 km²overlap1291.82 km²36%
- Bassin de Río Paquisasub-area441,4 km²overlap435.62 km²12%
- Bassin de Quebrada Huaijatasub-area586,3 km²overlap422.40 km²12%
- Bassin de Río Chusiavidasub-area351,1 km²overlap349.98 km²10%
- Bassin de Quebrada Plazuelasub-area264,6 km²overlap260.65 km²7%
- Bassin de Río Laucasub-area476,2 km²overlap231.91 km²6%
- Bassin de Río Putresub-area291,1 km²overlap225.09 km²6%
- Bassin de Río Llutasub-area276,2 km²overlap108.85 km²3%
- Bassin de Quebrada Chanosub-area92,1 km²overlap90.82 km²3%
13 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Quebrada Chaciasub-area440,7 km²overlap59.96 km²2%
- Bassin de Quebrada Belensub-area146,4 km²overlap32.26 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Llutasub-area504,1 km²overlap27.76 km²1%
- Bassin de Quebrada Caillamasub-area136,5 km²overlap23.49 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Caquenasub-area197 km²overlap7.59 km²0%
- Bassin de Rio Sajamasub-area1 055,6 km²overlap6.10 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Caquenasub-area240,2 km²overlap2.92 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Tignamarsub-area576,6 km²overlap2.46 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Caritayasub-area431,9 km²overlap1.86 km²0%
- Basin #79270sub-area264,1 km²overlap1.80 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Secosub-area171,4 km²overlap1.45 km²0%
- Bassin de Quebrada Allanesub-area452,6 km²overlap1.22 km²0%
- Bassin de Quebrada de Vítorsub-area2 445,7 km²overlap0.84 km²0%
Lakes (14, top by area)
- Lake #10312area91,2 km²avg depth5.0 m
- Lago Chungaraarea21,3 km²avg depth15.4 m
- Laguna de Cotacotaniarea2,9 km²avg depth5.9 m
- Lac 1097590area0,6 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1097238area0,4 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Lac 1097224area0,2 km²avg depth7.1 m
- Lac 1097509area0,2 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1097234area0,2 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1097247area0,2 km²avg depth1.6 m
Rivers / streams (29, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Laucaord 6len here110.44 km33%total333 km
- Río Paquisaord 4len here57.87 km100%total58 km
- Río Chusiavidaord 3len here32.17 km100%total32 km
- Quebrada Huaijataord 2len here28.73 km100%total29 km
- Quebrada Chubaord 2len here27.00 km100%total27 km
- Canal Laucaord 3len here23.94 km100%total24 km
- Río Llutaord 5len here23.66 km10%total244 km
- Quebrada Plazuelaord 2len here21.31 km100%total21 km
- Quebrada Vichutaord 1len here17.75 km100%total18 km
- Río Putreord 5len here15.84 km47%total34 km
- Río Guallatireord 3len here15.42 km100%total15 km
- Quebrada Cilananeord 2len here15.28 km100%total15 km
17 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Quebrada Velaqueord 2len here14.99 km100%total15 km
- Quebrada Culcoord 2len here13.79 km100%total14 km
- Quebrada Río Laucaord 3len here13.72 km100%total14 km
- Quebrada Japuord 4len here12.07 km100%total12 km
- Quebrada Guacapequeord 4len here11.56 km100%total12 km
- Quebrada Culiculineord 2len here11.55 km100%total12 km
- Quebrada Chanoord 1len here11.38 km100%total11 km
- Quebrada Gualqueveriniord 3len here11.35 km100%total11 km
- Quebrada Pacopampaord 2len here9.77 km100%total10 km
- Quebrada Vilaqueord 1len here9.58 km100%total10 km
- Quebrada Vallacolloord 1len here6.19 km100%total6 km
- Arroyo Ancutaord 2len here5.39 km100%total5 km
- Río Larumaord 3len here4.08 km24%total17 km
- Quebrada Orcotuncoord 1len here3.97 km100%total4 km
- Quebrada Puxumaord 1len here2.89 km39%total7 km
- Quebrada Belenord 2len here1.08 km5%total22 km
- Quebrada Aromaord 2len here0.69 km4%total18 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
- -18.52564, -69.20955
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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.