National Hydraulic Reserve (RNH) · ven
Zona Sur Lago de Maracaibo
- Area
- 8 999 km²
- IUCN cat.
- VI
- Year
- 1974
Overview
- Designation
- National Hydraulic Reserve (RNH)
- IUCN category
- VI · Aire protégée avec utilisation durable
Conservation + utilisation durable des ressources
- Established
- 1974
- Managing authority
- Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Agricultura Productiva y Tierras (MPPAPT) - Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ecosocialismo (MINEC)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 732 distinct species · 12 625 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 Zona Sur Lago de Maracaibo : 16 espèces reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology26 basins · 23 lakes · 39 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 061,1km
Lake surface here
22,61km²
Basins crossed
26
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
27 553km²
Discharge in basins
1 850,4m³/s
Mean precip.
1 632mm/an
Mean T°
27,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,11
Mean runoff
603mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
218m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Escalantesub-area2 355,4 km²overlap2337.97 km²26%
- Bassin de Río Catatumbosub-area1 402,5 km²overlap1256.99 km²14%
- Bassin de caño la maromasub-area859,3 km²overlap855.70 km²10%
- Bassin de Río Zuliasub-area1 405 km²overlap696.27 km²8%
- Bassin de Río Chamasub-area812,6 km²overlap663.71 km²7%
- Bassin de Caño Oropitosub-area451,4 km²overlap449.55 km²5%
- Basin #71020sub-area440 km²overlap438.14 km²5%
- Bassin de Río Oropesub-area397,5 km²overlap388.72 km²4%
- Bassin de Caño La Maromasub-area395,3 km²overlap360.15 km²4%
17 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de caño la maromasub-area314,9 km²overlap313.62 km²3%
- Basin #02020sub-area225,1 km²overlap221.89 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Fríosub-area827,9 km²overlap217.82 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Jabillosub-area180,7 km²overlap179.94 km²2%
- Bassin de Caño Umuquenasub-area166,4 km²overlap165.20 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Zuliasub-area285,4 km²overlap138.98 km²2%
- Bassin de Delta del Escalantesub-area106,9 km²overlap105.63 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Pamplonitasub-area3 551,8 km²overlap65.53 km²1%
- Basin #01950sub-area70,2 km²overlap53.35 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Catatumbosub-area66,8 km²overlap45.66 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Catatumbosub-area385,7 km²overlap16.90 km²0%
- Basin #71060sub-area13,6 km²overlap13.58 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Bravosub-area331 km²overlap7.46 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Mocotíessub-area507,4 km²overlap2.88 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Bravosub-area1 972,2 km²overlap1.51 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Chamasub-area563,7 km²overlap1.39 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Tucanísub-area1 863,2 km²overlap0.93 km²0%
Lakes (23, top by area)
- Laguneta del Zuliaarea8,5 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Laguneta del Zuliaarea4 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lake #16102area2,6 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lago Las Garzasarea2,5 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lake #16151area1,8 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Embalse de Oniaarea1,2 km²avg depth44.1 m
- Laguna del Guarentaarea1,1 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1075322area0,9 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1075343area0,8 km²avg depth1.9 m
14 more lakes
- Lac 1075033area0,6 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1075039area0,5 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1075307area0,5 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1076250area0,4 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Lac 1075279area0,4 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1075295area0,3 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1075399area0,3 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1075367area0,3 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1075370area0,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1075204area0,2 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1075344area0,2 km²avg depth1.3 m
- Lac 1075058area0,2 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1076275area0,2 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1075404area0,2 km²avg depth0.5 m
Rivers / streams (39, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Zuliaord 5len here130.14 km38%total341 km
- Río Catatumboord 6len here120.99 km23%total516 km
- Río Escalanteord 5len here86.22 km100%total86 km
- Río Chamaord 5len here68.67 km24%total284 km
- Caño Umuquenaord 2len here56.12 km100%total56 km
- Río Jabilloord 3len here43.81 km100%total44 km
- Río Morotutoord 3len here40.21 km100%total40 km
- Caño Arenalesord 2len here36.93 km100%total37 km
- Río Oropeord 5len here34.35 km100%total34 km
- Caño Pichoord 3len here32.46 km100%total33 km
- Guaruriyesord 2len here31.32 km100%total31 km
- Caño Oropitoord 3len here30.73 km100%total31 km
27 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Río Blancoord 2len here29.52 km100%total30 km
- Río Culebrillaord 3len here28.91 km100%total29 km
- caño la maromaord 3len here25.27 km100%total25 km
- Río Boconóord 3len here24.91 km100%total25 km
- Quebrada Arenosaord 3len here17.90 km100%total18 km
- Río Caquetriraord 1len here16.98 km100%total17 km
- El Hoyoord 2len here16.29 km100%total16 km
- Caño La Palmaord 1len here15.32 km100%total15 km
- Caño Blancoord 2len here14.80 km100%total15 km
- Caño Caimánord 3len here14.59 km100%total15 km
- Río Calichitoord 1len here13.82 km100%total14 km
- Río Cariraord 3len here13.51 km100%total14 km
- Delta del Escalanteord 5len here12.68 km92%total14 km
- Caño el Burroord 5len here12.47 km100%total13 km
- Río Oropitoord 2len here11.54 km100%total12 km
- Caño Cariritaord 2len here11.49 km100%total12 km
- Río Gritaord 4len here10.79 km17%total65 km
- Caño Litroord 1len here10.40 km100%total10 km
- Caño Lavariord 1len here8.19 km100%total8 km
- Caño Oropitoord 3len here7.51 km100%total8 km
- Río Fríoord 4len here7.37 km18%total40 km
- Río Cariraord 2len here6.60 km100%total7 km
- Caño Cucharónord 3len here6.39 km100%total6 km
- Caño La Maromaord 1len here5.42 km100%total5 km
- Río Lobateritaord 4len here4.75 km7%total71 km
- San Mateoord 1len here1.63 km100%total2 km
- Río Chamaord 1len here0.13 km5%total3 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
- 8.77102, -71.93160
- 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.