Natural Monument · egy
Taba
- Area
- 2 709 km²
- IUCN cat.
- III
- Year
- 1998
Overview
- Designation
- Natural Monument
- IUCN category
- III · Monument naturel
Caractéristique naturelle spécifique protégée
- Established
- 1998
- Managing authority
- Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
318 distinct species · 841 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 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 Taba : 19 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 16 interactions GloBI documentées sur 1 type (connectance 8.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology14 basins · 0 lakes · 26 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
421,8km
Basins crossed
14
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
4 693km²
Discharge in basins
1,3m³/s
Mean precip.
25mm/an
Mean T°
18,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,98
Mean runoff
9mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
859m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de وادي أم هاشمsub-area1 722,2 km²overlap448.07 km²17%
- Bassin de وادي مراخsub-area723,2 km²overlap427.81 km²16%
- Bassin de وادي زليخةsub-area373,1 km²overlap324.63 km²12%
- Bassin de وادي حمراءsub-area337,7 km²overlap319.03 km²12%
- Bassin de وادي البيارsub-area411,1 km²overlap248.62 km²9%
- Bassin de وادي زغرةsub-area2 080,4 km²overlap215.45 km²8%
- Bassin de وادي غزالةsub-area190,8 km²overlap189.54 km²7%
- Bassin de وادي برقsub-area130,2 km²overlap130.05 km²5%
- Bassin de وادي المسكsub-area184,7 km²overlap122.05 km²5%
5 more basinssorted by overlap
Rivers / streams (26, ord ≥ 4)
- وادي زليخةord 3len here48.02 km100%total48 km
- وادي البيارord 2len here36.57 km63%total58 km
- وادي حمراءord 3len here33.57 km100%total34 km
- وادي غزالةord 2len here32.38 km100%total32 km
- وادي العرضةord 4len here28.06 km100%total28 km
- وادي العديدord 1len here26.77 km100%total27 km
- وادي المربطةord 2len here25.84 km96%total27 km
- وادي سوانةord 4len here24.99 km45%total55 km
- وادي برقord 2len here20.96 km100%total21 km
- وادي مرةord 2len here19.36 km93%total21 km
- وادي الغاويord 2len here15.82 km100%total16 km
- Wadi Abu Traifyaord 1len here14.25 km100%total14 km
14 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- وادي شفاء اللهord 1len here12.33 km97%total13 km
- وادي أرادةord 3len here11.24 km30%total37 km
- وادي المسكord 4len here10.81 km53%total20 km
- وادي أم سديرةord 3len here8.19 km19%total43 km
- وادي مقيبلةord 1len here8.08 km73%total11 km
- وادي أبو علاقةord 4len here7.74 km35%total22 km
- وادي المالحةord 1len here7.17 km74%total10 km
- وادي مراخord 2len here7.03 km54%total13 km
- Wadi Umm Hamaataord 1len here5.94 km100%total6 km
- وادي أم سدارةord 1len here5.66 km87%total7 km
- وادي أرادةord 2len here4.30 km51%total8 km
- وادي قصيبord 1len here3.55 km60%total6 km
- وادي الهيسيord 3len here2.26 km13%total17 km
- وادي جناحord 4len here0.93 km4%total22 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
- 29.19543, 34.59306
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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.