Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2005
22 757 km²
Municipality · MEX
México
Species observed
6 942
Observations
286 205
Area
2 518,5km²
Sample of 40 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 Mazatlán : 29 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 60 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
6 942 distinct species · 286 205 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
23,9°C
Annual rain
921mm
Warmest m°
31,6°C
Coldest m°
14,3°C
Elevation: 227 m on average (min -137 m, max 2 337 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
6,5
Org. C
18,4g/kg
Clay
25,4%
Sand
50,9%
Silt
23,7%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: pyGLiM
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
Stream length here
160,6km
Lake surface here
2,64km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
6 441km²
Discharge in basins
55,6m³/s
Mean precip.
873mm/an
Mean T°
24,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,45
Mean runoff
253mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
296m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
2,2nW
Built-up
93,5%
Pesticides
22,8kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2005
22 757 km²
Flora and Fauna Protection Area · 2000
3 761 km²
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · 1995
3 761 km²
Flora and Fauna Protection Area · 2000
509 km²
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2007
477 km²
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2004
64 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN