Protected Zone · cri
Arenal Monteverde
- Area
- 283 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1977
Overview
- Designation
- Protected Zone
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1977
- Managing authority
- Federal or national ministry or agency
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
7 081 distinct species · 320 813 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Arenal Monteverde : 38 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 4 bulles famille, 52 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 6.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology4 basins · 0 lakes · 14 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
70,4km
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
2 294km²
Discharge in basins
13,0m³/s
Mean precip.
3 188mm/an
Mean T°
22,8°C
Moisture idx
0,50
Mean runoff
1 630mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
721m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (14, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Peñas Blancasord 3len here46.07 km65%total71 km
- Río La Esperanzaord 3len here9.43 km43%total22 km
- Río San Gerardoord 2len here7.67 km57%total14 km
- Quebrada Chachagüitaord 2len here2.49 km17%total15 km
- Río Aranjuezord 3len here2.27 km5%total44 km
- Río Negroord 2len here0.77 km3%total24 km
- Río Burroord 3len here0.61 km3%total18 km
- Río Veracruzord 3len here0.48 km4%total13 km
- Río San Luisord 1len here0.27 km11%total2 km
- Río Burritoord 1len here0.18 km3%total6 km
- Quebradaord 2len here0.16 km0%total85 km
- Río Veracruzord 2len here0.04 km0%total9 km
2 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- 10.33713, -84.70257
- Open in maps
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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.