Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2007
924 km²
District · CHE
Switzerland
Species observed
9 264
Observations
332 688
Area
576,4km²
Sample of 36 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).
Tissu écologique de Vallemaggia : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 147 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 19.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
9 264 distinct species · 332 688 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
2,9°C
Annual rain
2 394mm
Warmest m°
17,1°C
Coldest m°
-11,3°C
Elevation: 1 670 m on average (min 375 m, max 2 863 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
5,5
Org. C
66,8g/kg
Clay
17,2%
Sand
48,8%
Silt
34,0%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiM
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
196,4km
Lake surface here
1,58km²
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
1 971km²
Discharge in basins
29,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 488mm/an
Mean T°
4,4°C
Moisture idx
0,60
Max snow
36%
Mean runoff
1 493mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 516m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,1nW
Built-up
12,0%
Pesticides
41,6kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2007
924 km²
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) · 2007
222 km²
Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) · 2017
57 km²
Federal Hunting Reserves · 1992
35 km²
Forest Reserves · 2023
18 km²
Forest Reserves · 2023
13 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN