World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · MEX
Sian Ka'an
- Area
- 5 283 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1987
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 1987
- Managing authority
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources through the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 077 distinct species · 90 999 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Sian Ka'an : 24 espèces reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.1%, 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).
Hydrology11 basins · 38 lakes · 0 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Lake surface here
104,92km²
Basins crossed
11
Max drainage
7 387km²
Discharge in basins
8,1m³/s
Mean precip.
1 266mm/an
Mean T°
26,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,24
Mean runoff
93mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
8m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #52260sub-area1 167,9 km²overlap1049.71 km²20%
- Basin #52180sub-area831,5 km²overlap788.51 km²15%
- Basin #52170sub-area2 109,8 km²overlap541.75 km²10%
- Basin #52330sub-area1 930,1 km²overlap476.82 km²9%
- Basin #52380sub-area721,9 km²overlap354.60 km²7%
- Basin #52390sub-area1 451,4 km²overlap339.28 km²6%
- Basin #52340sub-area222 km²overlap221.37 km²4%
- Basin #52250sub-area1 105,9 km²overlap90.22 km²2%
- Basin #52520sub-area513,8 km²overlap27.65 km²1%
2 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (38, top by area)
- Lake #9732area35,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Laguna Chunyaxchéarea17,7 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Mosquiteroarea13,1 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #9740area11,7 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #15336area4,3 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lake #15355area3,8 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lake #15353area2,8 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Laguna de Muyilarea2,4 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #15347area2,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
29 more lakes
- Lake #15343area2,1 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lake #15361area2 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #15349area2 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lake #15331area1,8 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lake #15337area1,5 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lake #15339area1,4 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #15332area1,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lake #15333area1 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1072225area0,9 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1072226area0,9 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1072265area0,8 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1072112area0,8 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1072318area0,6 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1072145area0,5 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1072185area0,5 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1072232area0,4 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1072256area0,4 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1072343area0,4 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1072186area0,4 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1072252area0,3 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1072218area0,3 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1072234area0,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1072251area0,3 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1072243area0,3 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1072214area0,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1072097area0,2 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1072235area0,2 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1072233area0,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1072224area0,1 km²avg depth0.9 m
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
- 19.62491, -87.62294
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.