Biosphere Reserve · mex
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán
- Area
- 4 910 km²
- IUCN cat.
- VI
- Year
- 1998
Overview
- Designation
- Biosphere Reserve
- IUCN category
- VI · Aire protégée avec utilisation durable
Conservation + utilisation durable des ressources
- Established
- 1998
- Managing authority
- National Commission of Natural Protected Areas
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
5 678 distinct species · 105 657 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 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 Tehuacán-Cuicatlán : 35 espèces reliées par 73 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 7.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology23 basins · 0 lakes · 31 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
715,6km
Basins crossed
23
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
11 544km²
Discharge in basins
333,3m³/s
Mean precip.
688mm/an
Mean T°
17,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,57
Mean runoff
488mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 823m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Hondosub-area1 062,7 km²overlap829.28 km²17%
- Bassin de Río Zapotitlánsub-area939,1 km²overlap704.98 km²14%
- Bassin de Río Xiquilasub-area1 082,9 km²overlap553.72 km²11%
- Bassin de Río Saladosub-area426 km²overlap395.40 km²8%
- Bassin de Río Sabinosub-area389,2 km²overlap381.47 km²8%
- Bassin de Río Grandesub-area799 km²overlap286.52 km²6%
- Bassin de Río Zapotecosub-area1 290,1 km²overlap253.39 km²5%
- Bassin de Río Grandesub-area2 065,2 km²overlap202.90 km²4%
- Bassin de Río Apoalasub-area362,1 km²overlap175.51 km²4%
14 more basinssorted by overlap
- Basin #51200sub-area415,2 km²overlap159.75 km²3%
- Bassin de Río Saladosub-area333,9 km²overlap156.28 km²3%
- Bassin de Río San Antoniosub-area913,3 km²overlap148.45 km²3%
- Basin #48240sub-area515,8 km²overlap106.23 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Grandesub-area178,6 km²overlap101.12 km²2%
- Bassin de Canal de Valsequillosub-area2 075,2 km²overlap85.97 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Grandesub-area172,4 km²overlap71.47 km²1%
- Basin #48130sub-area448,1 km²overlap66.06 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Grandesub-area64,2 km²overlap55.69 km²1%
- Bassin de Baaranca Oscurasub-area77,8 km²overlap55.68 km²1%
- Bassin de Rio Alquizapansub-area401,4 km²overlap44.15 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Grandesub-area422,3 km²overlap30.70 km²1%
- Basin #51640sub-area226,3 km²overlap27.43 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Atoyacsub-area690,2 km²overlap17.75 km²0%
Rivers / streams (31, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Grandeord 6len here108.37 km20%total535 km
- Río Saladoord 5len here103.37 km80%total128 km
- Río Zapotitlánord 3len here91.59 km76%total121 km
- Río Xiquilaord 4len here57.61 km100%total58 km
- Río Sabinoord 3len here51.32 km100%total51 km
- Río Calapaord 3len here41.62 km100%total42 km
- Río Hondoord 3len here35.74 km77%total47 km
- Río Apoalaord 3len here28.20 km93%total30 km
- Río La Compuertaord 3len here19.91 km100%total20 km
- Río San Antonioord 4len here18.55 km23%total80 km
- Baaranca Oscuraord 4len here15.66 km88%total18 km
- Río Tomellínord 4len here15.35 km100%total15 km
19 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Río Ixcatlánord 2len here14.82 km100%total15 km
- Barranca Secaord 2len here13.46 km100%total14 km
- Arroyo Grande de Jocotipacord 3len here11.49 km100%total12 km
- Barranca El Ixcateord 2len here10.75 km100%total11 km
- Río La Matanzaord 3len here10.62 km96%total11 km
- Arroyo El Calvarioord 2len here9.81 km74%total13 km
- Río Zapotecoord 4len here7.02 km28%total25 km
- Barranca Llano Grandeord 1len here6.54 km43%total15 km
- Arroyo El Rosarioord 1len here6.06 km100%total6 km
- Río Duendeord 3len here5.87 km71%total8 km
- Río Saládoord 4len here5.73 km61%total9 km
- Cañada Largaord 1len here5.47 km100%total5 km
- Río Poblanoord 1len here5.05 km100%total5 km
- Barranca El Carrizalilloord 1len here4.52 km100%total5 km
- Río Zatacahuaord 2len here3.31 km17%total19 km
- Río Jarroord 1len here2.63 km100%total3 km
- Barranca San Bartoloord 2len here2.40 km21%total11 km
- Barranca Las Trancasord 1len here1.60 km100%total2 km
- Rio Blancoord 1len here1.10 km100%total1 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
- 18.20255, -97.35411
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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.