UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · USA
Yellowstone
IUCN Not Applicable8 828 km²Established 1976
Key facts
- Area
- 8 828 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1976
Overview
- Designation
- UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
- Established
- 1976
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
4 242 distinct species · 477 019 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
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).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Yellowstone : 29 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 81 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
37
Interactions affichées
81
Connectance
0.122
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology30 basins · 38 lakes · 100 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 702,8km
Lake surface here
406,63km²
Basins crossed
30
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
8 112km²
Discharge in basins
219,6m³/s
Mean precip.
627mm/an
Mean T°
-0,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,16
Max snow
61%
Mean runoff
287mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 424m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Lamar Riversub-area1 738,3 km²overlap1244.62 km²14%
- Bassin de Yellowstone Riversub-area1 019,5 km²overlap1021.66 km²12%
- Bassin de Firehole Riversub-area717,2 km²overlap718.74 km²8%
- Bassin de Fall Riversub-area1 481,5 km²overlap642.63 km²7%
- Bassin de Yellowstone Riversub-area610,9 km²overlap527.39 km²6%
- Bassin de Gardner Riversub-area520,4 km²overlap521.57 km²6%
- Bassin de Snake Riversub-area741,4 km²overlap495.12 km²6%
- Bassin de Grayling Creeksub-area656,8 km²overlap482.21 km²5%
- Bassin de Lewis Riversub-area444,2 km²overlap445.07 km²5%
21 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Arnica Creeksub-area410,3 km²overlap411.20 km²5%
- Bassin de Gallatin Riversub-area4 797,6 km²overlap351.53 km²4%
- Bassin de Gibbon Riversub-area346 km²overlap346.71 km²4%
- Bassin de Chipmunk Creeksub-area232,8 km²overlap233.23 km²3%
- Bassin de Yellowstone Riversub-area389 km²overlap200.95 km²2%
- Bassin de Pelican Creeksub-area177 km²overlap176.91 km²2%
- Bassin de South Fork Madison Riversub-area399,5 km²overlap136.06 km²2%
- Bassin de Yellowstone Riversub-area121 km²overlap121.28 km²1%
- Bassin de Shoshone River (North Fork)sub-area2 201,5 km²overlap99.90 km²1%
- Bassin de Yellowstone Riversub-area1 496,8 km²overlap99.14 km²1%
- Bassin de Madison Riversub-area142,3 km²overlap98.25 km²1%
- Bassin de Clear Creeksub-area87,3 km²overlap87.52 km²1%
- Bassin de Henrys Fork Snake Riversub-area1 704 km²overlap67.39 km²1%
- Bassin de Snake Riversub-area942,5 km²overlap62.78 km²1%
- Bassin de Yellowstone Riversub-area60,6 km²overlap60.70 km²1%
- Bassin de Henrys Fork Snake Riversub-area780,2 km²overlap53.25 km²1%
- Bassin de Hellroaring Creeksub-area388,9 km²overlap48.32 km²1%
- Bassin de Thorofare Creeksub-area496 km²overlap38.82 km²0%
- Bassin de Yellowstone Riversub-area362,8 km²overlap32.17 km²0%
- Bassin de North Fork Crandall Creeksub-area461 km²overlap2.13 km²0%
- Bassin de Sunlight Creeksub-area420,7 km²overlap0.61 km²0%
Lakes (38, top by area)
- Yellowstone Lakearea340,5 km²avg depth42.9 m
- Shoshone Lakearea28,5 km²avg depth31.7 m
- Lewis Lakearea11,6 km²avg depth9.4 m
- Heart Lakearea8,5 km²avg depth11.5 m
- Delusion Lakearea2,2 km²avg depth5.6 m
- Madison Lakearea1,5 km²avg depth12.7 m
- Riddle Lakearea1,4 km²avg depth4.3 m
- Cygnet Lakesarea1 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1041665area0,9 km²avg depth7.7 m
29 more lakes
- Lac 1046360area0,8 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 1043987area0,7 km²avg depth5.5 m
- Lac 1042798area0,6 km²avg depth7.7 m
- Lac 1044585area0,6 km²avg depth6.1 m
- Lac 1043345area0,5 km²avg depth5.2 m
- Lac 1046280area0,5 km²avg depth5.1 m
- Lac 1045553area0,5 km²avg depth5.3 m
- Lac 1043897area0,4 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1045573area0,4 km²avg depth5.2 m
- Lac 1044632area0,4 km²avg depth6.4 m
- Lac 1046260area0,4 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1043384area0,4 km²avg depth6.0 m
- Lac 1045316area0,3 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1045314area0,3 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1043841area0,3 km²avg depth6.3 m
- Lac 1044625area0,3 km²avg depth6.6 m
- Lac 1045803area0,3 km²avg depth3.5 m
- Lac 1046198area0,2 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1046344area0,2 km²avg depth4.6 m
- Lac 1041911area0,2 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lac 1043550area0,2 km²avg depth4.3 m
- Lac 1046140area0,2 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1046037area0,2 km²avg depth4.7 m
- Lac 1045764area0,2 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 1045348area0,2 km²avg depth4.2 m
- Lac 1046292area0,1 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1045150area0,1 km²avg depth4.2 m
- Lac 1046265area0,1 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1045990area0,1 km²avg depth3.0 m
Rivers / streams (100, ord ≥ 4)
- Yellowstone Riverord 7len here174.48 km9%total2004 km
- Lamar Riverord 4len here69.30 km100%total69 km
- Snake Riverord 7len here53.76 km2%total2867 km
- Gibbon Riverord 3len here49.70 km100%total50 km
- Gardner Riverord 3len here44.68 km100%total45 km
- Fall Riverord 4len here43.57 km35%total126 km
- Boundary Creekord 6len here43.53 km24%total179 km
- Lewis Riverord 5len here40.90 km18%total229 km
- Firehole Riverord 4len here38.07 km100%total38 km
- Gallatin Riverord 6len here35.39 km22%total160 km
- Grayling Creekord 3len here30.42 km49%total62 km
- Madison Riverord 4len here29.21 km14%total211 km
88 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Pelican Creekord 3len here29.00 km49%total59 km
- Duck Creekord 5len here25.82 km5%total505 km
- Cache Creekord 2len here24.84 km21%total118 km
- Bechler Riverord 3len here24.20 km100%total24 km
- Cougar Creekord 2len here24.10 km91%total26 km
- Sour Creekord 2len here22.10 km100%total22 km
- Broad Creekord 3len here21.60 km100%total22 km
- Pebble Creekord 4len here20.38 km21%total99 km
- South Cache Creekord 3len here20.18 km100%total20 km
- Tower Creekord 2len here19.55 km93%total21 km
- Slough Creekord 3len here19.30 km14%total140 km
- Nez Perce Creekord 4len here18.81 km100%total19 km
- Deep Creekord 5len here18.33 km4%total411 km
- Miller Creekord 3len here17.33 km11%total161 km
- Clear Creekord 6len here17.28 km1%total1466 km
- Lava Creekord 2len here17.26 km100%total17 km
- Indian Creekord 7len here16.09 km1%total2180 km
- Chipmunk Creekord 2len here15.83 km100%total16 km
- Moose Creekord 3len here15.82 km11%total142 km
- Blacktail Deer Creekord 5len here15.75 km66%total24 km
- Ouzel Creekord 2len here15.01 km100%total15 km
- Mountain Creekord 4len here14.79 km24%total62 km
- Winter Creekord 2len here14.75 km100%total15 km
- Arnica Creekord 2len here14.50 km100%total14 km
- Escarpment Creekord 4len here14.48 km100%total14 km
- Raven Creekord 2len here14.38 km34%total43 km
- Buffalo Creekord 7len here14.17 km1%total1209 km
- Little Thumb Creekord 1len here14.09 km100%total14 km
- Sheep Creekord 4len here13.16 km4%total296 km
- Surprise Creekord 2len here13.13 km49%total27 km
- Shoshone Creekord 4len here13.09 km10%total130 km
- Hellroaring Creekord 5len here13.00 km26%total50 km
- Middle Creekord 4len here12.91 km3%total488 km
- Forest Creekord 3len here12.78 km65%total20 km
- Trout Creekord 4len here12.73 km6%total196 km
- De Lacy Creekord 2len here12.51 km100%total13 km
- Wrong Creekord 2len here12.15 km100%total12 km
- Fan Creekord 2len here12.01 km100%total12 km
- Obsidian Creekord 2len here11.28 km100%total11 km
- Gneiss Creekord 1len here11.27 km100%total11 km
- Solution Creekord 1len here11.19 km100%total11 km
- Beaverdam Creekord 7len here11.17 km6%total200 km
- Cub Creekord 3len here10.96 km28%total39 km
- Buffalo Forkord 2len here10.79 km35%total31 km
- Magpie Creekord 2len here10.48 km22%total48 km
- Solfatara Creekord 2len here10.47 km100%total10 km
- Campanula Creekord 1len here10.13 km100%total10 km
- Little Firehole Riverord 2len here9.88 km100%total10 km
- Cold Creekord 2len here9.86 km31%total32 km
- Specimen Creekord 2len here9.66 km68%total14 km
- Juniper Creekord 2len here9.42 km100%total9 km
- White Creekord 5len here9.13 km10%total87 km
- Polecat Creekord 2len here9.11 km59%total15 km
- Canyon Creekord 3len here9.05 km14%total65 km
- Soda Butte Creekord 2len here9.03 km93%total10 km
- Little Lamar Riverord 1len here9.03 km100%total9 km
- Spruce Creekord 3len here8.98 km14%total67 km
- Sentinel Creekord 2len here8.78 km50%total18 km
- Thistle Creekord 4len here8.56 km100%total9 km
- Otter Creekord 4len here8.48 km1%total1381 km
- Bridge Creekord 2len here8.46 km9%total99 km
- Grouse Creekord 3len here8.13 km6%total147 km
- Antelope Creekord 6len here7.88 km2%total485 km
- Mountain Ash Creekord 2len here7.82 km100%total8 km
- Trappers Creekord 1len here7.67 km38%total20 km
- Sedge Creekord 2len here7.55 km44%total17 km
- Fawn Creekord 1len here7.46 km100%total7 km
- East Fork Specimen Creekord 1len here7.24 km100%total7 km
- Tangled Creekord 3len here7.23 km100%total7 km
- Coyote Creekord 2len here7.15 km9%total77 km
- Passage Creekord 2len here7.09 km40%total18 km
- Howell Creekord 2len here7.02 km19%total37 km
- Calfee Creekord 1len here6.82 km100%total7 km
- Reese Creekord 2len here6.51 km40%total16 km
- Robinson Creekord 5len here6.41 km9%total75 km
- Elk Antler Creekord 2len here6.24 km100%total6 km
- Rocky Creekord 3len here6.16 km9%total72 km
- Panther Creekord 6len here6.15 km2%total253 km
- Aster Creekord 1len here6.03 km100%total6 km
- Crooked Creekord 5len here5.97 km4%total133 km
- Mist Creekord 1len here5.89 km88%total7 km
- Thorofare Creekord 3len here5.69 km16%total35 km
- Mallard Creekord 1len here5.69 km100%total6 km
- Carnelian Creekord 1len here5.64 km100%total6 km
- Hornaday Creekord 1len here5.57 km100%total6 km
- Witch Creekord 1len here5.51 km100%total6 km
- Amphitheater Creekord 1len here5.51 km100%total6 km
- Cascade Creekord 2len here5.40 km9%total58 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
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- 44.62051, -110.54754
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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.