National Monument · usa
Sonoran Desert
- Area
- 2 009 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 2001
Overview
- Designation
- National Monument
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 2001
- Managing authority
- Bureau of Land Management
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 096 distinct species · 18 842 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 Sonoran Desert : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 121 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology6 basins · 0 lakes · 8 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
214,7km
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
129 352km²
Discharge in basins
66,6m³/s
Mean precip.
202mm/an
Mean T°
21,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,88
Mean runoff
4mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
446m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Gila Riversub-area1 732,4 km²overlap972.21 km²48%
- Bassin de Vekol Washsub-area861 km²overlap441.95 km²22%
- Bassin de Waterman Washsub-area2 406,9 km²overlap431.44 km²21%
- Bassin de Smith Washsub-area485,3 km²overlap121.74 km²6%
- Bassin de Santa Rosa Washsub-area585,9 km²overlap22.79 km²1%
- Bassin de Quilotosa Washsub-area575,7 km²overlap18.81 km²1%
Rivers / streams (8, ord ≥ 4)
- Vekol Washord 6len here74.06 km54%total138 km
- Bender Washord 3len here56.43 km70%total81 km
- Sand Tank Washord 2len here37.81 km100%total38 km
- Gila Bend Canalord 3len here24.84 km22%total115 km
- West Prong Waterman Washord 3len here8.87 km100%total9 km
- Waterman Washord 4len here8.73 km6%total144 km
- Rainbow Washord 7len here2.34 km7%total35 km
- Gila Riverord 7len here1.60 km0%total1774 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
- 32.92770, -112.44247
- 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.