Natural Monument · egy
White Desert
- Area
- 3 127 km²
- IUCN cat.
- III
- Year
- 2002
Overview
- Designation
- Natural Monument
- IUCN category
- III · Monument naturel
Caractéristique naturelle spécifique protégée
- Established
- 2002
- Managing authority
- Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
55 distinct species · 82 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 8 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 White Desert : 8 espèces + 0 bulles famille, 5 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 17.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology13 basins · 0 lakes · 0 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Basins crossed
13
Max drainage
16 949km²
Discharge in basins
0,0m³/s
Mean precip.
2mm/an
Mean T°
21,2°C
Moisture idx
-1,00
Mean runoff
0mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
155m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #32280sub-area1 951,6 km²overlap1408.79 km²45%
- Basin #32440sub-area822,1 km²overlap731.01 km²23%
- Basin #46910sub-area1 877,4 km²overlap360.05 km²12%
- Basin #49490sub-area1 236,8 km²overlap155.22 km²5%
- Basin #51030sub-area977,6 km²overlap87.23 km²3%
- Basin #40970sub-area582,8 km²overlap75.03 km²2%
- Basin #54830sub-area620,9 km²overlap68.32 km²2%
- Basin #44130sub-area3 695,1 km²overlap61.90 km²2%
- Basin #36830sub-area321,5 km²overlap58.81 km²2%
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
- 27.40466, 28.19528
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.