Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve
IUCN IIProtected Area · 2001
226 km²
Sector · ARE
United Arab Emirates
Species observed
324
Observations
4 022
Area
859,7km²
Sample of 26 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).
Tissu écologique de Sector 8 : 21 espèces reliées par 47 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 13.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
324 distinct species · 4 022 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
27,4°C
Annual rain
124mm
Warmest m°
42,9°C
Coldest m°
12,5°C
Elevation: 200 m on average (min 28 m, max 995 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
8,2
Org. C
3,3g/kg
Clay
17,6%
Sand
55,9%
Silt
26,5%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiM
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
27,9km
Lake surface here
0,19km²
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
8 012km²
Discharge in basins
0,0m³/s
Mean precip.
97mm/an
Mean T°
26,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,94
Mean runoff
24mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
163m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
6,2nW
Built-up
47,7%
Pesticides
50,4kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected Area · 2001
226 km²
Protected Area · 2014
22 km²
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2019
22 km²
Protected Area · 2014
0 km²
Protected Area · 2014
0 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN