Lut Desert
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2016
22 650 km²
Province · irn
Iran
Species observed
1 237
Observations
13 434
Area
175 953,7km²
Sample of 24 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).
Tissu écologique de Sistan and Baluchestan : 19 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 34 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.3%, 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).
1 237 distinct species · 13 434 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
23,4°C
Annual rain
133mm
Warmest m°
39,3°C
Coldest m°
5,6°C
Elevation: 929 m on average (min -41 m, max 3 638 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
7,9
Org. C
3,2g/kg
Clay
19,8%
Sand
58,2%
Silt
22,0%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
5 102,8km
Lake surface here
275,17km²
Basins crossed
293
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
192 284km²
Discharge in basins
1 803,8m³/s
Mean precip.
107mm/an
Mean T°
22,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,94
Mean runoff
48mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
922m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,2nW
Built-up
3,8%
Pesticides
0,5kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2016
22 650 km²
Protected Area
4 395 km²
Protected Area · 1968
3 013 km²
Protected Area · 1996
1 713 km²
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 1975
540 km²
Protected Area
258 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN