County · USA
Sterling
United States
Species observed
548
Observations
8 351
Area
2 388,2km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Sterling : 19 espèces reliées par 105 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 24.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
548 distinct species · 8 351 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
17,9°C
Annual rain
548mm
Warmest m°
33,4°C
Coldest m°
2,8°C
Elevation: 755 m on average (min 612 m, max 829 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
7,8
Org. C
14,5g/kg
Clay
29,5%
Sand
30,1%
Silt
40,4%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology12 basins · 0 lakes · 8 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
121,4km
Basins crossed
12
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
37 770km²
Discharge in basins
3,0m³/s
Mean precip.
513mm/an
Mean T°
17,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,66
Mean runoff
21mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
746m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Sterling Creeksub-area571,9 km²overlap440.21 km²18%
- Bassin de North Concho Riversub-area723,2 km²overlap414.37 km²17%
- Bassin de Beals Creeksub-area1 594,6 km²overlap259.20 km²11%
- Bassin de North Concho Riversub-area250,7 km²overlap233.22 km²10%
- Bassin de North Concho Riversub-area257,7 km²overlap230.49 km²10%
- Bassin de Colorado Riversub-area2 134,4 km²overlap222.53 km²9%
- Bassin de Lacy Creeksub-area725,9 km²overlap193.12 km²8%
- Bassin de Middle Concho Riversub-area1 558,3 km²overlap130.32 km²5%
- Bassin de North Concho Riversub-area120,5 km²overlap120.37 km²5%
Rivers / streams (8, ord ≥ 4)
- North Concho Riverord 4len here77.59 km39%total201 km
- Sterling Creekord 3len here10.69 km100%total11 km
- MacKenzie Draword 1len here8.50 km100%total9 km
- Cox Holloword 4len here8.40 km100%total8 km
- Middle Concho Riverord 5len here5.78 km3%total185 km
- Chalk Creekord 4len here5.29 km12%total44 km
- Lacy Creekord 3len here3.19 km100%total3 km
- Hackberry Creekord 3len here1.99 km10%total19 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,2nW
Built-up
3,8%
Pesticides
2,7kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)