National Park (PN) · ven
Sierra Nevada
- Area
- 2 763 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1952
Overview
- Designation
- National Park (PN)
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1952
- Managing authority
- Instituto Nacional de Parques (INPARQUES)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 643 distinct species · 38 295 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 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 Nevada : 13 espèces + 0 bulles famille, 10 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 12.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology13 basins · 6 lakes · 39 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
445,1km
Lake surface here
1,44km²
Basins crossed
13
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
32 830km²
Discharge in basins
102,5m³/s
Mean precip.
1 374mm/an
Mean T°
19,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,06
Mean runoff
777mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 595m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Michaysub-area1 472,1 km²overlap449.68 km²16%
- Bassin de Río Canaguásub-area615,8 km²overlap419.01 km²15%
- Bassin de Río Sinigüíssub-area498,5 km²overlap338.97 km²12%
- Bassin de Río Pagüeysub-area2 859,7 km²overlap331.78 km²12%
- Bassin de Río Chamasub-area665,1 km²overlap322.15 km²12%
- Basin #73700sub-area600,2 km²overlap307.77 km²11%
- Bassin de Río Anarosub-area1 397 km²overlap285.47 km²10%
- Bassin de Río Santo Domingosub-area714,1 km²overlap155.51 km²6%
- Bassin de Río Chamasub-area287,9 km²overlap97.18 km²4%
Lakes (6, top by area)
Rivers / streams (39, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Canaguáord 3len here52.99 km21%total249 km
- Río Sinigüísord 3len here43.13 km69%total62 km
- Río Chamaord 5len here36.63 km13%total284 km
- Río Socopóord 4len here32.71 km36%total90 km
- Río Santo Domingoord 5len here25.07 km9%total281 km
- Río Acequiaord 3len here24.65 km28%total88 km
- Río Bumbúnord 3len here21.55 km32%total68 km
- Río Michayord 5len here20.40 km18%total112 km
- Río Arenosoord 3len here15.08 km100%total15 km
- Río Escagüeyord 3len here14.21 km44%total32 km
- Quebrada Gavidiaord 2len here13.20 km100%total13 km
- Quebrada El Perdidoord 2len here12.56 km100%total13 km
27 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Quebrada de Micaracheord 2len here12.15 km100%total12 km
- Río Bocombocoord 3len here11.36 km100%total11 km
- Quebrada del Oroord 2len here10.33 km84%total12 km
- Río Mucusavicheord 4len here9.63 km20%total47 km
- Quebrada La Coromotoord 1len here8.84 km100%total9 km
- Quebrada La Sonadoraord 2len here7.86 km100%total8 km
- Quebrada La Negritaord 3len here7.54 km100%total8 km
- Quebrada Los Charrosord 2len here7.04 km100%total7 km
- Quebrada El Encierroord 2len here6.68 km69%total10 km
- Quebrada El Volcánord 1len here5.68 km100%total6 km
- Quebrada Las Lajasord 1len here5.60 km100%total6 km
- Quebrada Los Calderonesord 1len here4.77 km100%total5 km
- Quebrada La Negraord 3len here4.75 km22%total21 km
- Quebrada Mucuñuqueord 2len here4.57 km100%total5 km
- Quebrada La Leonaord 1len here4.31 km80%total5 km
- Quebrada El Potreroord 1len here3.19 km100%total3 km
- Quebrada La Mitisúsord 1len here2.75 km86%total3 km
- Quebrada Los Muchachosord 1len here2.26 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada La Carboneraord 1len here2.26 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada Los Pantanosord 1len here2.08 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada Los Zerpasord 1len here2.07 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada La Pataord 1len here1.80 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada del Padreord 1len here1.70 km85%total2 km
- Quebrada El Faroord 1len here1.63 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada Los Chorrosord 2len here0.81 km30%total3 km
- Quebrada El Helechalord 2len here0.81 km28%total3 km
- Río Albarregasord 4len here0.43 km2%total24 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
- 8.52860, -70.94138
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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.