UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · gtm
Maya
- Area
- 12 711 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1990
Overview
- Designation
- UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
- Established
- 1990
- Managing authority
- CONAP
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 418 distinct species · 559 882 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Maya : 16 espèces reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.7%, 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).
Hydrology40 basins · 24 lakes · 30 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
764,3km
Lake surface here
78,21km²
Basins crossed
40
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
46 034km²
Discharge in basins
639,0m³/s
Mean precip.
1 527mm/an
Mean T°
25,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,03
Mean runoff
415mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
187m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Tikalsub-area1 596 km²overlap1398.78 km²11%
- Bassin de Río Bravosub-area2 464,6 km²overlap1046.11 km²8%
- Bassin de Río San Juansub-area1 125,8 km²overlap915.13 km²7%
- Bassin de Arroyo Sacchichsub-area821,3 km²overlap773.15 km²6%
- Bassin de Río Escondidosub-area1 852,8 km²overlap685.28 km²5%
- Bassin de Río San Pedrosub-area697,5 km²overlap615.97 km²5%
- Bassin de Río Agua Dulcesub-area763,7 km²overlap597.38 km²5%
- Bassin de Río Candelariasub-area976,3 km²overlap560.10 km²4%
- Bassin de Arroyo El Chorrosub-area1 076,7 km²overlap532.92 km²4%
31 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Río Tikalsub-area504,9 km²overlap503.22 km²4%
- Bassin de Quebrada El Naranjosub-area572,6 km²overlap464.08 km²4%
- Bassin de Río San Pedrosub-area479 km²overlap434.03 km²3%
- Bassin de Río Actésub-area494,1 km²overlap401.80 km²3%
- Bassin de Río Saclucsub-area508 km²overlap360.76 km²3%
- Bassin de Río Candelariasub-area460,7 km²overlap353.90 km²3%
- Bassin de Río San Pedrosub-area1 111,7 km²overlap314.29 km²2%
- Bassin de Río San Pedrosub-area1 626,5 km²overlap299.20 km²2%
- Bassin de Río San Pedrosub-area546,4 km²overlap292.20 km²2%
- Bassin de Quebrada El Naranjosub-area1 111,5 km²overlap268.74 km²2%
- Bassin de Río San Pedrosub-area267,7 km²overlap226.86 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Usumacintasub-area1 639,9 km²overlap221.96 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Santa Maríasub-area618,8 km²overlap216.42 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Sal Si Puedessub-area504,6 km²overlap208.12 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Mopánsub-area159,4 km²overlap158.83 km²1%
- Bassin de Mopan Riversub-area329,3 km²overlap126.47 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Candelariasub-area687,1 km²overlap114.95 km²1%
- Bassin de Dren Avenida el Triunfosub-area890,5 km²overlap112.54 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Mopánsub-area1 162,9 km²overlap95.26 km²1%
- Bassin de Río San Pedrosub-area501,1 km²overlap93.83 km²1%
- Bassin de Río San Pedrosub-area89,5 km²overlap58.04 km²0%
- Bassin de Río de la Pasiónsub-area1 012,2 km²overlap53.41 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Candelariasub-area1 866,3 km²overlap51.88 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Candelariasub-area144,6 km²overlap38.63 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Candelariasub-area630,5 km²overlap29.22 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Secosub-area571,2 km²overlap19.18 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Chiquibulsub-area1 519,8 km²overlap18.63 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Candelariasub-area19,8 km²overlap17.74 km²0%
- Basin #80120sub-area177,4 km²overlap17.21 km²0%
- Bassin de Labouring Creeksub-area658,7 km²overlap10.10 km²0%
- Bassin de Arroyo El Laberintosub-area682,5 km²overlap4.94 km²0%
Lakes (24, top by area)
- Peten Itzaarea105,4 km²avg depth32.2 m
- Laguna Perdidaarea10,5 km²avg depth8.9 m
- Laguna Yaxjáarea6,5 km²avg depth19.2 m
- Laguna Sacnabarea4,3 km²avg depth9.2 m
- Laguna San Diegoarea3,6 km²avg depth5.2 m
- Laguneta Salpeténarea2,9 km²avg depth11.5 m
- Laguneta Macanchéarea2,4 km²avg depth7.5 m
- Laguneta Tuspánarea1,5 km²avg depth4.1 m
- Lac 1073627area1 km²avg depth3.2 m
15 more lakes
- Lac 1073636area0,9 km²avg depth8.0 m
- Lac 1073654area0,8 km²avg depth8.7 m
- Lac 1073566area0,7 km²avg depth4.7 m
- Lac 1073603area0,4 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1073393area0,4 km²avg depth4.2 m
- Lac 1073688area0,4 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1073623area0,3 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1073670area0,3 km²avg depth6.2 m
- Lac 1073606area0,3 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 1073372area0,3 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1073371area0,3 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1073390area0,2 km²avg depth4.1 m
- Lac 1073651area0,2 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1073370area0,1 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 1073609area0,1 km²avg depth4.1 m
Rivers / streams (30, ord ≥ 4)
- Río San Pedroord 7len here163.80 km32%total514 km
- Río Mopánord 5len here85.40 km38%total226 km
- Arroyo Sacchichord 3len here59.51 km93%total64 km
- Río Tikalord 4len here51.14 km69%total74 km
- Río Candelariaord 5len here49.61 km10%total485 km
- Río Holmulord 4len here46.88 km70%total67 km
- Riachuelo Chanchichord 4len here35.25 km100%total35 km
- Río Agua Dulceord 4len here31.84 km100%total32 km
- Arroyo Peje Lagartoord 3len here26.28 km100%total26 km
- Río Usumacintaord 8len here26.24 km3%total987 km
- Río Actéord 3len here26.03 km100%total26 km
- Río Sal Si Puedesord 3len here22.60 km62%total37 km
18 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Río Saclucord 2len here21.74 km51%total43 km
- Río Xanord 3len here19.54 km44%total45 km
- Rio Holmulord 4len here16.49 km26%total64 km
- Río Santa Maríaord 3len here15.94 km65%total25 km
- Quebrada El Naranjoord 3len here10.41 km69%total15 km
- Río Chocopord 2len here10.08 km11%total94 km
- Arroyo Yaxchilánord 7len here8.93 km27%total33 km
- arroyoord 2len here8.63 km62%total14 km
- Mopan Riverord 5len here6.64 km17%total38 km
- Callar Creekord 1len here5.29 km73%total7 km
- Río Chiquíbulord 4len here4.48 km35%total13 km
- Arroyo Jicoteaord 1len here3.85 km99%total4 km
- Chan Chich Creekord 4len here2.73 km11%total25 km
- Río Chiquibulord 4len here2.27 km2%total105 km
- Quebrada El Naranjoord 1len here1.60 km42%total4 km
- Arroyo El Chorroord 4len here1.10 km5%total23 km
- Río San Juanord 4len here0.04 km0%total146 km
- Río Ixlúord 3len here≈ tangenttotal6 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
- 17.24644, -90.73059
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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.