Forest Reserve · CRI
Cordillera Volcanica Central
- Area
- 586 km²
- IUCN cat.
- VI
- Year
- 1975
Overview
- Designation
- Forest Reserve
- IUCN category
- VI · Aire protégée avec utilisation durable
Conservation + utilisation durable des ressources
- Established
- 1975
- Managing authority
- Federal or national ministry or agency
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
5 837 distinct species · 332 654 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 7 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 Cordillera Volcanica Central : 5 espèces reliées par 5 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 23.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology10 basins · 0 lakes · 42 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
227,3km
Basins crossed
10
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
2 145km²
Discharge in basins
57,3m³/s
Mean precip.
3 312mm/an
Mean T°
21,0°C
Moisture idx
0,56
Mean runoff
2 399mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 007m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Generalsub-area571,1 km²overlap200.88 km²34%
- Bassin de Río Toro Amarillosub-area277,5 km²overlap159.64 km²27%
- Bassin de Río Sarapiquísub-area846,5 km²overlap108.53 km²19%
- Bassin de Río Jiménezsub-area759 km²overlap43.98 km²8%
- Bassin de Río Reventazónsub-area478,6 km²overlap39.48 km²7%
- Bassin de Río Virillasub-area2 145,2 km²overlap21.19 km²4%
- Bassin de Río Suciosub-area268,3 km²overlap9.27 km²2%
- Bassin de Río Reventazónsub-area267,2 km²overlap2.52 km²0%
- Bassin de Río Turrialbasub-area119,2 km²overlap0.64 km²0%
1 more basinssorted by overlap
Rivers / streams (42, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Toro Amarilloord 3len here20.53 km47%total44 km
- Río Blancoord 2len here19.63 km59%total33 km
- Río Volcánord 2len here18.89 km86%total22 km
- Río Sarapiquíord 6len here18.65 km15%total124 km
- Río Corintoord 3len here17.34 km78%total22 km
- Río Generalord 4len here13.70 km45%total31 km
- Río Sucioord 6len here13.61 km18%total75 km
- Río Cascajalord 2len here10.06 km50%total20 km
- Río Blanquitoord 1len here6.47 km64%total10 km
- Río Dos Novillosord 3len here6.47 km25%total26 km
- Río Pilasord 3len here6.39 km100%total6 km
- Río Mercedesord 1len here6.10 km100%total6 km
30 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Río San Joséord 4len here6.06 km17%total36 km
- Quebrada Molineteord 2len here5.95 km78%total8 km
- Río Costa Ricaord 2len here5.00 km46%total11 km
- Río Chirripóord 5len here4.94 km7%total73 km
- Río Patriaord 3len here4.50 km15%total30 km
- Río Puerto Viejoord 3len here4.02 km23%total18 km
- Río Parisminaord 4len here3.46 km5%total72 km
- Ríoord 2len here3.44 km90%total4 km
- Río Rocaord 2len here3.12 km100%total3 km
- Quebradaord 2len here2.77 km13%total21 km
- Río Bonillitaord 1len here2.60 km96%total3 km
- Río Santa Claraord 1len here2.35 km18%total13 km
- Río Duraznoord 2len here2.12 km27%total8 km
- Río Guácimoord 3len here2.12 km6%total37 km
- Río Honduraord 3len here2.12 km10%total20 km
- Quebrada Paredesord 2len here2.08 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada Palmaord 2len here2.08 km25%total8 km
- Río Destierroord 3len here2.08 km6%total36 km
- Quebrada Divisiónord 1len here1.68 km60%total3 km
- Rio Puerto Viejoord 4len here1.66 km3%total55 km
- Quebrada Hermosaord 2len here1.61 km51%total3 km
- Río María Aguilarord 4len here0.84 km9%total10 km
- Río Bonillaord 5len here0.82 km5%total18 km
- Río Bijagualord 2len here0.71 km2%total35 km
- Quebrada Jesús Maríaord 1len here0.57 km10%total6 km
- Río Birrisord 2len here0.28 km2%total12 km
- Río Pejeord 5len here0.25 km0%total53 km
- Río Pacayasord 1len here0.14 km2%total8 km
- Río Cariblancoord 3len here0.04 km1%total4 km
- Río Ángelord 2len here≈ tangenttotal11 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
- 10.10665, -83.84828
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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.