UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · MEX
Los Tuxtlas
- Area
- 1 549 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2006
Overview
- Designation
- UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
- Established
- 2006
- Managing authority
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources through the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
8 328 distinct species · 307 602 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Tuxtlas : 20 espèces reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology4 basins · 6 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
73,0km
Lake surface here
8,67km²
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
21 351km²
Discharge in basins
101,2m³/s
Mean precip.
2 552mm/an
Mean T°
24,4°C
Moisture idx
0,38
Mean runoff
1 735mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
262m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (6, top by area)
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Coxcoapanord 4len here26.34 km100%total26 km
- Río Sabaloord 3len here15.51 km100%total16 km
- Río Piedra Labradaord 3len here10.99 km100%total11 km
- Río Michapanord 4len here7.04 km18%total39 km
- Río Máquinaord 3len here6.88 km98%total7 km
- Río Tajalateord 2len here3.17 km16%total20 km
- Río Cuitlazoyotord 4len here3.08 km6%total52 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
- 18.47132, -94.96815
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.