Canton · ECU
Paltas
Ecuador
Species observed
1 463
Observations
13 127
Area
1 156,5km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 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 Paltas : 19 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 26 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
1 463 distinct species · 13 127 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
18,8°C
Annual rain
1 138mm
Warmest m°
24,8°C
Coldest m°
14,0°C
Elevation: 1 416 m on average (min 415 m, max 2 836 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
6,0
Org. C
30,1g/kg
Clay
32,2%
Sand
41,0%
Silt
26,8%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology8 basins · 0 lakes · 23 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
212,5km
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
3 550km²
Discharge in basins
46,5m³/s
Mean precip.
1 210mm/an
Mean T°
21,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,27
Mean runoff
368mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 286m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Playassub-area456,1 km²overlap436.61 km²38%
- Bassin de Río Puyangosub-area1 506,3 km²overlap335.66 km²29%
- Bassin de Río Catamayosub-area568,1 km²overlap168.50 km²15%
- Bassin de Río Catamayosub-area259,6 km²overlap104.88 km²9%
- Bassin de Río Catamayosub-area216,4 km²overlap69.16 km²6%
- Bassin de Río Alamorsub-area1 188,5 km²overlap36.27 km²3%
- Bassin de Río Yaguachisub-area389,4 km²overlap5.44 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Bella Maríasub-area244,2 km²overlap0.01 km²0%
Rivers / streams (23, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Catamayoord 4len here49.58 km23%total216 km
- Río Playasord 3len here46.20 km100%total46 km
- Rio Playasord 4len here18.86 km100%total19 km
- Río Tamineord 2len here18.05 km66%total27 km
- Río Puyangoord 4len here13.32 km10%total137 km
- Quebrada Shoaord 2len here12.29 km100%total12 km
- Quebrada San Antonioord 2len here8.24 km100%total8 km
- Quebrada Chontaord 1len here7.71 km100%total8 km
- Quebrada Guayacanesord 2len here7.15 km80%total9 km
- Yaracoord 2len here6.51 km71%total9 km
- Río Alamorord 3len here4.49 km4%total114 km
- Río Trapichilloord 4len here3.69 km69%total5 km
11 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Quebrada Zaraguayasord 1len here3.61 km37%total10 km
- Quebrada Chinchangaord 2len here3.45 km75%total5 km
- Río Las Juntasord 2len here3.07 km100%total3 km
- Quebrada Guarapalord 1len here3.02 km100%total3 km
- Quebrada de la Aldeaord 4len here0.94 km39%total2 km
- Quebrada Palo Suntalord 4len here0.89 km44%total2 km
- Quebrada Chipangaord 1len here0.79 km8%total11 km
- Quebrada Patihuaycuord 1len here0.41 km28%total1 km
- Quebrada de la Vegaord 2len here0.16 km4%total4 km
- Quebrada Cochurcoord 4len here0.03 km1%total6 km
- Quebrada Rabijaord 1len here≈ tangenttotal7 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,2nW
Built-up
10,6%
Pesticides
87,3kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)