UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · gtm
Sierra de las Minas
- Area
- 2 200 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1990
Overview
- Designation
- UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
- Established
- 1990
- Managing authority
- JUNTA DIRECTIVA SIERRA DE LAS MINAS
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 740 distinct species · 30 765 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 Sierra de las Minas : 15 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 9 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 7.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology11 basins · 0 lakes · 8 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
74,5km
Basins crossed
11
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
13 298km²
Discharge in basins
320,8m³/s
Mean precip.
2 160mm/an
Mean T°
22,5°C
Moisture idx
0,23
Mean runoff
1 001mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
856m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Polochicsub-area2 528 km²overlap1011.12 km²46%
- Bassin de Río Motaguasub-area1 034,2 km²overlap389.96 km²18%
- Bassin de Río Las Cañassub-area428,8 km²overlap218.11 km²10%
- Bassin de Río Motaguasub-area481,8 km²overlap167.82 km²8%
- Bassin de Río Motaguasub-area1 860,5 km²overlap137.53 km²6%
- Bassin de Río Motaguasub-area366,1 km²overlap131.55 km²6%
- Bassin de Río Motaguasub-area406 km²overlap35.24 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Negrosub-area903,9 km²overlap33.05 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Polochicsub-area432,3 km²overlap32.86 km²1%
2 more basinssorted by overlap
Rivers / streams (8, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Matanzasord 4len here33.23 km52%total64 km
- Río Blancoord 3len here8.66 km49%total18 km
- Río Las Cañasord 3len here7.82 km34%total23 km
- Río Polochicord 6len here7.76 km3%total256 km
- Río Motaguaord 6len here7.53 km1%total702 km
- Río Oscuroord 3len here4.29 km25%total17 km
- Río El Chapínord 1len here2.86 km33%total9 km
- Río Pataxteord 3len here2.35 km30%total8 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
- 15.18949, -89.85770
- 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.