Conservation Easement · usa
Medano / Zapata Ranch
- Area
- 154 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
Overview
- Designation
- Conservation Easement
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
0 - Managing authority
- Non-Governmental Organization
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
507 distinct species · 9 691 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Medano / Zapata Ranch : 24 espèces reliées par 84 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 15.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology5 basins · 0 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
51,0km
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
7 516km²
Discharge in basins
2,1m³/s
Mean precip.
269mm/an
Mean T°
5,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,73
Max snow
23%
Mean runoff
20mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 439m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Franklin Eddy Canalsub-area794,1 km²overlap95.00 km²62%
- Bassin de Rio Grande Drainsub-area528,1 km²overlap48.83 km²32%
- Bassin de Little Spring Creeksub-area308,4 km²overlap5.87 km²4%
- Bassin de San Luis Creeksub-area1 892,6 km²overlap3.21 km²2%
- Bassin de Sand Creeksub-area217,3 km²overlap0.60 km²0%
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- North Zapata Creekord 1len here17.55 km67%total26 km
- South Zapata Creekord 1len here11.95 km65%total18 km
- San Luis Creekord 5len here6.68 km7%total92 km
- Franklin Eddy Canalord 5len here5.42 km4%total147 km
- Urraca Creekord 1len here5.12 km67%total8 km
- Pioneer Creekord 1len here3.45 km66%total5 km
- Streator Lateralord 1len here0.83 km13%total6 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
- 37.62162, -105.65611
- Open in maps
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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.