Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · cuw
Northwest Curaçao
- Area
- 22 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 2013
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 2013
- Managing authority
- 1. Carmabi Foundation 2. Foundation Uniek Curaçao
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
745 distinct species · 20 900 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Northwest Curaçao : 31 espèces reliées par 55 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 6.4%, 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).
Hydrology1 basins · 0 lakes · 0 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Basins crossed
1
Max drainage
1 215km²
Discharge in basins
0,0m³/s
Mean precip.
484mm/an
Mean T°
27,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,63
Mean runoff
182mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
24m
Watersheds crossing here
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
- 12.32757, -69.06326
- 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.