National Park · cri
Arenal
- Area
- 119 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1991
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1991
- Managing authority
- Federal or national ministry or agency
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 668 distinct species · 1 033 455 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 : 12 espèces reliées par 12 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology4 basins · 1 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
31,3km
Lake surface here
0,20km²
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
1 509km²
Discharge in basins
7,9m³/s
Mean precip.
3 563mm/an
Mean T°
22,0°C
Moisture idx
0,57
Mean runoff
1 445mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
839m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Rio Agua Calienteord 2len here6.50 km83%total8 km
- Río San Gerardoord 2len here5.80 km43%total14 km
- Caño Negroord 4len here4.50 km10%total47 km
- Río Aguas Gatasord 2len here4.31 km56%total8 km
- Río Caño Negroord 3len here3.55 km8%total42 km
- Río Piedras Negrasord 1len here2.82 km50%total6 km
- Río Fortunaord 2len here1.94 km9%total23 km
- Río Arenalord 4len here1.84 km4%total51 km
- Río Negroord 2len here0.01 km0%total24 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
- 10.42969, -84.70342
- 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.