Protected Landscape · egy
St. Catherine
- Area
- 4 713 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1996
Overview
- Designation
- Protected Landscape
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1996
- Managing authority
- Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
647 distinct species · 5 103 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 St. Catherine : 25 espèces + 3 bulles famille, 24 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 6.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 3 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology11 basins · 0 lakes · 55 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
680,2km
Basins crossed
11
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
2 081km²
Discharge in basins
0,1m³/s
Mean precip.
17mm/an
Mean T°
18,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,99
Mean runoff
4mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
788m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de وادي أم جرديsub-area1 870,4 km²overlap961.38 km²20%
- Bassin de وادي البرجsub-area1 070,5 km²overlap958.42 km²20%
- Bassin de وادي زغرةsub-area2 080,4 km²overlap844.11 km²18%
- Bassin de Wadi Feiransub-area1 779,6 km²overlap706.39 km²15%
- Bassin de وادي أم خيرةsub-area1 151,1 km²overlap366.69 km²8%
- Bassin de وادي أم عدويsub-area366,2 km²overlap289.71 km²6%
- Bassin de وادي أبو جرفsub-area372,8 km²overlap240.87 km²5%
- Bassin de وادي محشsub-area228,9 km²overlap144.12 km²3%
- Bassin de وادي المعينsub-area573,9 km²overlap128.72 km²3%
2 more basinssorted by overlap
Rivers / streams (55, ord ≥ 4)
- وادي لجord 3len here41.65 km96%total43 km
- Wadi el-Sheikhord 2len here40.08 km100%total40 km
- وادي أم عشيرةord 2len here32.72 km84%total39 km
- وادي زغرةord 3len here31.33 km50%total63 km
- وادي بيانةord 3len here29.46 km100%total29 km
- وادي نبيعord 3len here26.17 km100%total26 km
- وادي أم أرمدord 2len here25.67 km100%total26 km
- وادي البرجord 4len here25.20 km50%total51 km
- وادي وعزرةord 2len here22.63 km100%total23 km
- وادي أم عدويord 3len here22.54 km56%total40 km
- وادي أرغمord 2len here22.50 km100%total23 km
- وادي أملجord 1len here20.51 km100%total21 km
43 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Wadi Feiranord 4len here19.13 km22%total87 km
- وادي جموسord 2len here18.08 km100%total18 km
- وادي المعينord 2len here18.01 km43%total42 km
- وادي سدودord 3len here16.04 km100%total16 km
- وادي فيرانord 3len here15.95 km100%total16 km
- Wadi Bayadord 2len here15.82 km40%total39 km
- وادي وجرانord 2len here15.76 km45%total35 km
- وادي مرحاشord 2len here14.25 km100%total14 km
- وادي مريتجord 2len here12.96 km100%total13 km
- وادي أبو جديord 2len here12.64 km60%total21 km
- وادي معينord 2len here11.93 km99%total12 km
- وادي بركةord 2len here11.55 km97%total12 km
- وادي خريطةord 2len here10.51 km100%total11 km
- وادي شيطانord 1len here10.46 km100%total10 km
- Wadi Gnaiord 2len here9.94 km43%total23 km
- وادي أبو جرفord 2len here9.12 km29%total31 km
- Wadi Musallamord 2len here7.65 km80%total10 km
- وادي الرابودord 2len here7.42 km32%total23 km
- وادي محشord 2len here7.13 km18%total39 km
- El Arbaeen Valley وادى الأربعينord 1len here6.92 km100%total7 km
- وادي نصب جرجord 4len here6.62 km47%total14 km
- وادي قرنةord 1len here6.57 km98%total7 km
- وادي الأبيضord 2len here6.51 km68%total10 km
- وادي يثمدord 1len here6.26 km100%total6 km
- وادي أبو خشيبord 2len here5.44 km71%total8 km
- وادي بغابغord 1len here5.17 km100%total5 km
- وادي أم خيرةord 2len here5.01 km16%total31 km
- وادي زريقيةord 1len here4.93 km100%total5 km
- وادي أم جلسمord 2len here4.46 km100%total4 km
- Wadi Rufaiyilord 2len here4.31 km100%total4 km
- الواديord 4len here4.23 km15%total28 km
- وادي صباغord 1len here4.20 km100%total4 km
- وادي أبو رتيماتord 2len here3.45 km13%total26 km
- وادي سدودord 1len here3.23 km100%total3 km
- وادي أم حرقord 1len here3.17 km100%total3 km
- وادي سهبord 1len here2.97 km100%total3 km
- وادي جندليord 1len here2.69 km100%total3 km
- وادي أم جرديord 4len here2.48 km3%total80 km
- وادي سلافord 1len here2.25 km100%total2 km
- وادي الغائبord 5len here2.05 km10%total21 km
- Wadi Birrahord 3len here1.31 km2%total54 km
- وادي سفرةord 5len here1.08 km5%total23 km
- وادي أجرord 2len here0.06 km0%total13 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
- 28.31179, 34.06079
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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.