Protective Zone (ZP) · ven
Sur - Este del Lago de Maracaibo, Santo Domingo - Motatan
- Area
- 3 668 km²
- IUCN cat.
- VI
- Year
- 1974
Overview
- Designation
- Protective Zone (ZP)
- IUCN category
- VI · Aire protégée avec utilisation durable
Conservation + utilisation durable des ressources
- Established
- 1974
- Managing authority
- Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ecosocialismo (MINEC)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 618 distinct species · 132 759 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 12 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 Sur - Este del Lago de Maracaibo, Santo Domingo - Motatan : 12 espèces reliées par 7 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology20 basins · 3 lakes · 28 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
263,4km
Lake surface here
0,43km²
Basins crossed
20
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
4 977km²
Discharge in basins
87,4m³/s
Mean precip.
986mm/an
Mean T°
19,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,33
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
401mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 506m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Jirajarasub-area2 495,1 km²overlap1104.41 km²30%
- Bassin de Castánsub-area760,7 km²overlap676.41 km²18%
- Bassin de Río Motatánsub-area577 km²overlap561.57 km²15%
- Bassin de Río Santo Domingosub-area714,1 km²overlap339.62 km²9%
- Bassin de Río Bucarésub-area1 219,6 km²overlap180.69 km²5%
- Bassin de Río Pocósub-area1 043,8 km²overlap161.14 km²4%
- Bassin de Río Momboysub-area155,9 km²overlap153.66 km²4%
- Basin #67000sub-area139 km²overlap137.05 km²4%
- Bassin de Motatánsub-area170,7 km²overlap125.39 km²3%
11 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Río Motatánsub-area541,6 km²overlap74.87 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Motatánsub-area48,4 km²overlap48.22 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Boconósub-area2 602,1 km²overlap45.44 km²1%
- Basin #02180sub-area915,2 km²overlap23.25 km²1%
- Bassin de Motatánsub-area88,2 km²overlap15.84 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Chamasub-area665,1 km²overlap10.12 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Canaguásub-area615,8 km²overlap9.74 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Calderassub-area439,7 km²overlap0.39 km²0%
- Basin #59360sub-area363 km²overlap0.28 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Pagüeysub-area2 859,7 km²overlap0.24 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Tocuyosub-area1 592,1 km²overlap0.04 km²0%
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (28, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Motatánord 5len here80.18 km79%total101 km
- Río Momboyord 2len here27.92 km100%total28 km
- Río Santo Domingoord 5len here25.39 km9%total281 km
- Río Pueblo Llanoord 3len here17.45 km100%total17 km
- Escuqueord 2len here14.75 km100%total15 km
- Motatánord 4len here11.96 km31%total38 km
- Castánord 4len here11.50 km51%total23 km
- Quebrada El Arenalord 2len here10.18 km100%total10 km
- Río Castánord 4len here8.03 km44%total18 km
- Río de Miquimuord 2len here7.30 km100%total7 km
- Quebrada del Puebloord 1len here6.04 km100%total6 km
- Quebrada La Eraord 1len here5.12 km100%total5 km
16 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Quebrada Los Bancosord 1len here4.94 km100%total5 km
- Quebrada La Negraord 3len here4.75 km22%total21 km
- Quebrada La Capellaníaord 1len here4.47 km100%total4 km
- Quebrada El Helechalord 2len here2.87 km100%total3 km
- Quebrada Los Chorrosord 2len here2.73 km100%total3 km
- Río La Vichúord 3len here2.51 km11%total24 km
- Quebrada La Carboneraord 1len here2.26 km100%total2 km
- Juan Perezord 1len here2.08 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada Los Zerpasord 1len here2.07 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada del Padreord 1len here1.99 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada Los Pinosord 1len here1.62 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada Hato Viejoord 1len here1.44 km100%total1 km
- Quebrada Los Haticosord 1len here1.43 km100%total1 km
- Quebrada La Mitisúsord 1len here1.22 km38%total3 km
- Río Boconóord 4len here1.11 km0%total281 km
- Quebrada Mucuñuqueord 2len here0.03 km1%total5 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
- 9.32500, -70.54331
- 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.