UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · MEX
Sierra Gorda
- Area
- 3 841 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2001
Overview
- Designation
- UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
- Established
- 2001
- 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
5 881 distinct species · 94 291 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Gorda : 28 espèces reliées par 61 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology23 basins · 1 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
328,2km
Lake surface here
0,69km²
Basins crossed
23
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
27 707km²
Discharge in basins
109,4m³/s
Mean precip.
987mm/an
Mean T°
20,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,42
Mean runoff
226mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 354m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Jalpansub-area610,6 km²overlap608.99 km²16%
- Basin #25190sub-area482,1 km²overlap480.84 km²13%
- Bassin de Río Santa Maríasub-area684 km²overlap377.25 km²10%
- Bassin de Río Santa Maríasub-area632,5 km²overlap366.51 km²10%
- Bassin de Rio Santa Mariasub-area594,3 km²overlap264.96 km²7%
- Bassin de Arroyo La Ceibasub-area1 175,1 km²overlap255.85 km²7%
- Bassin de Extorazsub-area690,9 km²overlap244.71 km²6%
- Bassin de Rio Santa Mariasub-area242,4 km²overlap222.37 km²6%
- Bassin de Río Moctezumasub-area2 623,9 km²overlap171.53 km²4%
14 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Extorazsub-area187,6 km²overlap154.43 km²4%
- Basin #81630sub-area151,4 km²overlap150.99 km²4%
- Bassin de Extorazsub-area135,4 km²overlap134.02 km²3%
- Bassin de Extorazsub-area144,7 km²overlap97.86 km²3%
- Bassin de Extorazsub-area284,5 km²overlap76.82 km²2%
- Bassin de Rio Santa Mariasub-area83,4 km²overlap76.07 km²2%
- Basin #24980sub-area655,5 km²overlap51.36 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Santa Maríasub-area87,8 km²overlap47.13 km²1%
- Bassin de Rio Santa Mariasub-area69,1 km²overlap37.36 km²1%
- Basin #25050sub-area279,2 km²overlap10.34 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Tampaónsub-area2 106,4 km²overlap5.07 km²0%
- Bassin de Rio Verdesub-area871 km²overlap3.55 km²0%
- Bassin de Rio Santa Mariasub-area5,7 km²overlap2.14 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Santa Maríasub-area0,4 km²overlap0.40 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Extorazord 6len here89.55 km57%total156 km
- Rio Santa Mariaord 6len here88.68 km43%total209 km
- Río Jalpanord 3len here68.34 km100%total68 km
- Río Santa Maríaord 5len here59.38 km80%total75 km
- Rio Escanelaord 2len here15.78 km100%total16 km
- Río Tancuilínord 3len here6.43 km9%total75 km
- Rio Verdeord 5len here0.00 km0%total270 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
- 21.32564, -99.44598
- 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.