Wilderness Study Area · usa
Sapphire
- Area
- 383 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Ib
- Year
- 1977
Overview
- Designation
- Wilderness Study Area
- IUCN category
- Ib · Zone de nature sauvage
Aire protégée pour la wilderness, faible accès humain
- Established
- 1977
- Managing authority
- Forest Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
219 distinct species · 383 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Sapphire : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 94 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 17 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 · 0 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
43,4km
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
4 751km²
Discharge in basins
2,5m³/s
Mean precip.
452mm/an
Mean T°
2,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,46
Max snow
40%
Mean runoff
188mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 916m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Ross Fork Rock Creekord 2len here11.51 km39%total29 km
- South Fork Rock Creekord 2len here7.29 km27%total27 km
- Skalkaho Creekord 4len here6.68 km31%total22 km
- Moose Creekord 3len here5.45 km4%total142 km
- Copper Creekord 7len here5.36 km4%total120 km
- Middle Fork Rock Creekord 4len here2.67 km6%total47 km
- Bowles Creekord 1len here2.08 km23%total9 km
- Daly Creekord 2len here1.29 km4%total29 km
- Moose Meadow Creekord 1len here1.04 km26%total4 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
- 46.10746, -113.72387
- 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.