Shouf Biosphere Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · 2005
296 km²
Commune · LBN
Lebanon
Species observed
182
Observations
847
Area
19,7km²
Sample of 41 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).
Tissu écologique de Maasser el-Chouf : 28 espèces reliées par 77 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
182 distinct species · 847 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
11,4°C
Annual rain
962mm
Warmest m°
25,9°C
Coldest m°
-2,8°C
Elevation: 1 405 m on average (min 981 m, max 1 779 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
7,1
Org. C
28,9g/kg
Clay
44,6%
Sand
24,2%
Silt
31,2%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: scGLiMaggregated to Chouf
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Basins crossed
2
Max drainage
3 082km²
Discharge in basins
0,0m³/s
Mean precip.
999mm/an
Mean T°
16,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,10
Max snow
3%
Mean runoff
352mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
819m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
2hab/km²
Night light
0,6nW
Built-up
51,5%
Pesticides
29,7kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · 2005
296 km²
Nature Reserve · 1996
96 km²
Protected forest · 1991
38 km²
Hima · 2014
3 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN