Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · ecu
Reserva Ecológica de Manglares Cayapas-Mataje
- Area
- 535 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2003
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 2003
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
402 distinct species · 1 182 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Reserva Ecológica de Manglares Cayapas-Mataje : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 50 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.1%, 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).
Hydrology3 basins · 8 lakes · 20 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
74,5km
Lake surface here
4,91km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
6 227km²
Discharge in basins
64,0m³/s
Mean precip.
2 484mm/an
Mean T°
25,7°C
Moisture idx
0,39
Mean runoff
1 719mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
48m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (8, top by area)
Rivers / streams (20, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Los Atajosord 6len here16.11 km76%total21 km
- Río Cayapasord 6len here7.75 km34%total23 km
- Río Molinaord 1len here7.49 km30%total25 km
- Río Molinaord 1len here6.08 km100%total6 km
- Río Najurungoord 3len here5.39 km29%total18 km
- Río Boca de Limonesord 2len here5.37 km100%total5 km
- Estero Caranoord 1len here4.04 km100%total4 km
- Estero Natalord 1len here3.67 km100%total4 km
- Estero El Vientoord 1len here3.58 km100%total4 km
- Río Matajeord 4len here3.45 km4%total87 km
- Estero Natalord 1len here2.75 km100%total3 km
- Río Boca de Limonesord 2len here2.42 km100%total2 km
8 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Río Tambillitoord 1len here1.81 km100%total2 km
- Estero El Guachalord 1len here1.24 km86%total1 km
- Estero Felicianoord 1len here0.98 km100%total1 km
- Río Najurungoord 1len here0.70 km101%total1 km
- Río Changuaralord 1len here0.69 km100%total1 km
- Río Matajeord 1len here0.52 km75%total1 km
- Río Tambilloord 2len here0.37 km4%total10 km
- Río Pañambíord 3len here0.09 km0%total19 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
- 1.29104, -78.92068
- 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.