Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · col
Sitio Ramsar Delta Estuarino del Rio Magdalena, Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta (Sitio Ramsar SDERM-CGSM)
- Area
- 4 652 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1998
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1998
- Managing authority
- Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 770 distinct species · 714 322 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Sitio Ramsar Delta Estuarino del Rio Magdalena, Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta (Sitio Ramsar SDERM-CGSM) : 31 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology24 basins · 50 lakes · 26 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
438,6km
Lake surface here
316,44km²
Basins crossed
24
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
260 739km²
Discharge in basins
15 798,6m³/s
Mean precip.
1 241mm/an
Mean T°
26,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,31
Max snow
2%
Mean runoff
433mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
227m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Tucurincasub-area2 067 km²overlap713.33 km²15%
- Bassin de Caño Covadosub-area795,8 km²overlap537.44 km²12%
- Bassin de Arroyo Piñuelasub-area704,4 km²overlap482.18 km²10%
- Basin #59940sub-area1 678,3 km²overlap481.79 km²10%
- Bassin de Caño Hondosub-area444 km²overlap442.21 km²10%
- Bassin de Río Aracatacasub-area476,9 km²overlap434.20 km²9%
- Bassin de Arroyo de Caraballosub-area658,2 km²overlap284.70 km²6%
- Bassin de Caño Ciegosub-area250,6 km²overlap249.55 km²5%
- Bassin de Río Magdalenasub-area643,2 km²overlap248.30 km²5%
15 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Río Magdalenasub-area856,5 km²overlap184.47 km²4%
- Bassin de Río Magdalenasub-area314,4 km²overlap180.20 km²4%
- Bassin de Río Magdalenasub-area603,9 km²overlap159.83 km²3%
- Bassin de Río Fundaciónsub-area136 km²overlap86.74 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Fundaciónsub-area1 422,8 km²overlap86.27 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Aracatacasub-area781,7 km²overlap53.19 km²1%
- Basin #00720sub-area19,4 km²overlap8.19 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Buritacasub-area1 676,3 km²overlap7.88 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Magdalenasub-area7,3 km²overlap4.82 km²0%
- Basin #00750sub-area154,8 km²overlap4.33 km²0%
- Bassin de Arroyo Grandesub-area249,4 km²overlap0.96 km²0%
- Basin #00780sub-area0,6 km²overlap0.62 km²0%
- Bassin de Arroyo Leónsub-area254,5 km²overlap0.39 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Magdalenasub-area1 015,2 km²overlap0.08 km²0%
- Bassin de Canal del Diquesub-area412 km²overlap0.07 km²0%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Ciénaga de Pajaralarea102 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Ciénaga Sapayánarea50,5 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Ciénaga Cerro de San Antonioarea40,3 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Ciénaga de la Piedraarea21,5 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #9844area21,1 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Ciénaga La Lunaarea14,6 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #9839area11,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #15981area9,9 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Ciénaga de Mallorquínarea8,3 km²avg depth2.3 m
41 more lakes
- Ciénaga Doña Franciscaarea8 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Ciénaga Cotoréarea6,6 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Ciénaga Buenavistaarea6,1 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #15972area5 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lake #15942area4,6 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake #15970area3,8 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lake #15937area3,7 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #15966area3 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Ciénaga de Morenoarea2,9 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lake #15948area2,4 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lake #15985area2,3 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #15987area2,3 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Ciénaga de Motaarea2,1 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #15947area2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake #15944area2 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Ciénaga El Uveroarea1,8 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #16038area1,8 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lake #15945area1,6 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lake #15974area1,6 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lake #15983area1,5 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lake #15990area1,5 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #15950area1,1 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #16014area1,1 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lake #15940area1 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lake #15973area1 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lake #15963area1 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lac 1074680area1 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1074366area1 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1074389area0,9 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1074401area0,9 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1074615area0,9 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1074479area0,9 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1074443area0,8 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1074627area0,8 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 1074419area0,8 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1074485area0,8 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1074400area0,8 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1074426area0,8 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1074507area0,7 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1074313area0,7 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1074437area0,7 km²avg depth2.0 m
Rivers / streams (26, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Magdalenaord 8len here132.56 km5%total2868 km
- Río Fundaciónord 5len here75.21 km37%total205 km
- Río Sevillaord 3len here32.53 km33%total99 km
- Río Aracatacaord 3len here30.06 km33%total91 km
- Río Frioord 4len here23.88 km28%total86 km
- Caño Ciegoord 1len here20.41 km100%total20 km
- Río Tucurincaord 3len here18.05 km17%total104 km
- Quebrada de Agujaord 2len here18.03 km59%total31 km
- Canal Santa Martaord 2len here15.21 km78%total19 km
- Caño Hondoord 4len here12.11 km100%total12 km
- caño la ferranord 2len here9.15 km100%total9 km
- Canal del Diqueord 8len here7.65 km29%total26 km
14 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Caño Paracoord 3len here7.29 km100%total7 km
- Canal Maracaiboord 2len here6.26 km100%total6 km
- Canal Tolimaord 1len here5.12 km100%total5 km
- Arroyo Grandeord 8len here4.81 km6%total78 km
- Canal Corralitoord 3len here4.29 km100%total4 km
- Caño Bristolord 1len here3.74 km80%total5 km
- Caño aguas negrasord 1len here3.37 km100%total3 km
- Quebrada Orihuecaord 2len here2.82 km23%total12 km
- Arroyo El Salaoord 8len here2.37 km30%total8 km
- Caño El Clarínord 1len here1.21 km84%total1 km
- Caño Hondoord 2len here0.83 km23%total4 km
- Caño Cord 8len here0.77 km5%total17 km
- Caño Covadoord 1len here0.73 km19%total4 km
- Canal Río Fundacíonord 4len here0.17 km4%total4 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
- 10.52586, -74.55666
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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.