National Natural Park · col
Los Nevados
- Area
- 614 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1974
Overview
- Designation
- National Natural Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1974
- Managing authority
- Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 276 distinct species · 87 943 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Los Nevados : 12 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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 · 36 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
102,0km
Lake surface here
0,85km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
23 280km²
Discharge in basins
40,4m³/s
Mean precip.
2 081mm/an
Mean T°
15,6°C
Moisture idx
0,37
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
1 119mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 215m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Otúnsub-area595,7 km²overlap191.64 km²31%
- Bassin de Río Totarésub-area1 439,9 km²overlap103.83 km²17%
- Bassin de Río Chinchinásub-area1 045 km²overlap84.25 km²14%
- Bassin de Río Reciosub-area741,1 km²overlap83.53 km²14%
- Bassin de Río Coellosub-area1 859,6 km²overlap57.24 km²9%
- Bassin de Río Lagunillasub-area607,2 km²overlap28.92 km²5%
- Bassin de Río Quindíosub-area422,3 km²overlap27.19 km²4%
- Bassin de Río Campoalegresub-area788,9 km²overlap23.65 km²4%
- Bassin de Río Gualísub-area824,6 km²overlap13.77 km²2%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (36, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Otúnord 6len here14.42 km19%total76 km
- Río Azulord 3len here10.30 km28%total36 km
- Quebrada Azulord 4len here9.11 km52%total17 km
- Río Totaréord 4len here5.50 km6%total90 km
- Quebrada La Cascadaord 3len here4.88 km21%total24 km
- Río Barboord 3len here4.76 km29%total16 km
- Quebrada El Escudoord 2len here4.64 km94%total5 km
- Quebrada Sietecueralesord 1len here4.63 km100%total5 km
- Quebrada El Águilaord 2len here3.56 km20%total18 km
- Río Combeimaord 3len here3.40 km7%total47 km
- Quebrada Cárdenasord 2len here3.34 km18%total19 km
- Río Molinosord 2len here3.29 km17%total20 km
24 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Quebrada El Osoord 5len here3.06 km11%total28 km
- Quebrada El Criménord 2len here2.85 km71%total4 km
- Quebrada El Cisneord 2len here2.34 km38%total6 km
- Quebrada La Plazuelaord 1len here2.32 km45%total5 km
- Quebrada Huecaord 1len here2.19 km41%total5 km
- Quebrada El Deshieloord 2len here2.15 km74%total3 km
- Quebrada El Áfricaord 2len here1.76 km31%total6 km
- Río Azufradoord 3len here1.73 km4%total41 km
- Quebrada El Saladoord 4len here1.72 km4%total46 km
- Río Lagunillaord 4len here1.62 km1%total122 km
- Quebrada El Itsmoord 1len here1.54 km73%total2 km
- Quebrada Aposentosord 1len here1.24 km18%total7 km
- Quebrada El Placerord 2len here1.15 km100%total1 km
- Río Tocheord 5len here1.02 km2%total65 km
- Quebrada El Calvarioord 1len here0.91 km25%total4 km
- Quebrada Santa Bárbaraord 3len here0.88 km1%total134 km
- Quebrada Juntasord 2len here0.55 km3%total19 km
- Quebrada Termalesord 2len here0.41 km3%total12 km
- Quebrada La Azufreraord 1len here0.29 km8%total3 km
- Río San Juanord 5len here0.24 km0%total80 km
- Río Totaritoord 2len here0.22 km2%total9 km
- Quebrada Corralitosord 1len here0.04 km0%total10 km
- Quebrada Chorrosecoord 1len here≈ tangenttotal6 km
- Río Campoalegreord 3len here≈ tangenttotal65 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
- 4.78494, -75.40786
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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.