Nature Atlas
Claims this atlas currently marks as unsettled or as tested and found false. A debated fact is one scholars hold competing positions on; a debunked one has been checked against the record and found not to hold. Both are kept in view rather than quietly smoothed over, with the reasoning that put each one where it stands.
251 statements marked Debated.
Muskeg, Area (sq km)1295000.000000
Muskeg, Ecosystems
Standing
Concerns Area (sq km)
Currently States 1295000.000000
WorldAtlas own raw text reads covering approximately 500,0000 square miles (an apparent typo, most plausibly 500,000 square miles, about 1,295,000 square kilometers) for Canada alone; no source found in this pass gives a single settled global or national figure for muskeg extent.
Source What Is Muskeg? (WorldAtlas)
Muskox, Population Estimate102500.000000
Muskox, Species
Standing
Concerns Population Estimate
Currently States 102500.000000
IUCN-cited world population range is 80,000 to 125,000 mature individuals; 102,500 used here as the range midpoint, not a precise count.
Source Muskox (Wikipedia)
Mustelidae, Member Species/Taxa Count66
Mustelidae, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 66
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Nematoda, Member Species/Taxa Count25000
Nematoda, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 25000
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Nemertea, Member Species/Taxa Count1300
Nemertea, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 1300
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Neritic Zone, Annual Precipitation (mm)990.000000
Neritic Zone, Biomes
Standing
Concerns Annual Precipitation (mm)
Currently States 990.000000
Same global land+ocean blended figure and caveat used for Open Ocean and Marine; the neritic zone has no isolated shelf-water precipitation figure on an accessible source.
Source Precipitation (Wikipedia)
Odobenidae, Member Species/Taxa Count1
Odobenidae, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 1
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Odonata, Member Species/Taxa Count6300
Odonata, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 6300
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Okavango Delta, Area (sq km)15000.000000
Okavango Delta, Ecosystems
Standing
Concerns Area (sq km)
Currently States 15000.000000
The flooded extent of the delta varies seasonally from roughly 6,000 square kilometers in the dry season to as much as 15,000 to 22,000 square kilometers at peak flood; this figure reflects a commonly cited maximum extent.
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Onychophora, Member Species/Taxa Count200
Onychophora, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 200
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Open Ocean, Annual Precipitation (mm)990.000000
Open Ocean, Biomes
Standing
Concerns Annual Precipitation (mm)
Currently States 990.000000
990mm is the source global land+ocean blended average annual precipitation; the source does not isolate an ocean-only figure. True open-ocean precipitation is understood to run higher than this blend and varies enormously by latitude, from near zero over the subtropical gyres to well over 3000mm under the tropical convergence zone. No single settled open-ocean-specific figure was found on an accessible source; the same caveat already applies to the Marine biome entity, which uses the identical figure.
Source Precipitation (Wikipedia)
Ophiuroidea, Member Species/Taxa Count2100
Ophiuroidea, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 2100
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Orthoptera, Member Species/Taxa Count25000
Orthoptera, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 25000
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Otariidae, Member Species/Taxa Count16
Otariidae, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 16
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Pantanal, Area (sq km)150000.000000
Pantanal, Ecosystems
Standing
Concerns Area (sq km)
Currently States 150000.000000
Estimates range from roughly 150,000 to 195,000 square kilometers depending on the boundary definition used and seasonal flood extent; this figure reflects a commonly cited conservative estimate.
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Panthera, Member Species/Taxa Count5
Panthera, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 5
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Paridae, Member Species/Taxa Count60
Paridae, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 60
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Passeriformes, Member Species/Taxa Count6500
Passeriformes, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 6500
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Pelecaniformes, Member Species/Taxa Count65
Pelecaniformes, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 65
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Perciformes, Member Species/Taxa Count10000
Perciformes, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 10000
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life