St. Catherine
IUCN VProtected Landscape · 1996
4 713 km²
Subdivision · EGY
Sharm el-Sheikh
Egypt
BWhArid, desert, hot(96 %)
Species observed
1 405
Observations
21 152
Area
2 533,1km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Sharm el-Sheikh : 22 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 35 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
27
Interactions affichées
35
Connectance
0.100
Patrimoniales
2
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
1 405 distinct species · 21 152 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
23,4°C
Annual rain
14mm
Warmest m°
35,7°C
Coldest m°
8,7°C
Elevation: 527 m on average (min -918 m, max 2 001 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
23,4°C
Annual rain
14mm
Warmest month
35,7°C
Coldest month
8,7°C
Mean alt.
527m
Min
-918m
Max
2 001m
Std. dev.
441m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
BWhArid, desert, hot(96 %)Arid
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
7,9
Org. C
9,9g/kg
Clay
24,0%
Sand
44,4%
Silt
31,5%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
7,9
Org. C
13,0g/kg
Clay
24,5%
Sand
44,1%
Silt
31,4%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
7,9
Org. C
7,7g/kg
Clay
23,5%
Sand
44,7%
Silt
31,8%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
7,9
Org. C
9,0g/kg
Clay
24,1%
Sand
44,5%
Silt
31,4%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest0.1%
Crops0.0%
Built-up0.4%
Bare soil94.4%
Other (grassland, water…)5.1%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology7 basins · 0 lakes · 16 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
291,3km
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
1 151km²
Discharge in basins
0,0m³/s
Mean precip.
11mm/an
Mean T°
20,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,99
Mean runoff
2mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
549m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de وادي أم خيرةsub-area1 151,1 km²overlap1074.44 km²42%
- Bassin de وادي البرجsub-area1 070,5 km²overlap765.22 km²30%
- Bassin de وادي أم عدويsub-area366,2 km²overlap365.58 km²14%
- Bassin de Wadi Gnaisub-area338,1 km²overlap152.23 km²6%
- Bassin de وادي محشsub-area228,9 km²overlap133.73 km²5%
- Basin #84850sub-area37,2 km²overlap35.25 km²1%
- Bassin de وادي المعينsub-area573,9 km²overlap6.39 km²0%
Rivers / streams (16, ord ≥ 4)
- وادي البرجord 4len here50.59 km100%total51 km
- وادي أم عدويord 3len here40.00 km100%total40 km
- وادي بيانةord 3len here29.46 km100%total29 km
- وادي أم خيرةord 2len here28.80 km94%total31 km
- وادي أم أرمدord 2len here25.67 km100%total26 km
- وادي أرغمord 2len here22.50 km100%total23 km
- وادي الرابودord 2len here16.52 km71%total23 km
- وادي مرحاشord 2len here14.25 km100%total14 km
- وادي لجord 3len here13.60 km31%total43 km
- وادي نجord 1len here12.05 km100%total12 km
- وادي بركةord 2len here11.89 km100%total12 km
- وادي محشord 2len here10.97 km28%total39 km
4 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
2,5nW
Built-up
37,1%
Pesticides
0,0kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas3
IUCN V · 1IUCN II · 1IUCN VI · 1🌊 Marine · 2
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN