Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · cri
Cuenca Embalse Arenal
- Area
- 508 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2000
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 2000
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
6 092 distinct species · 1 516 056 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Cuenca Embalse Arenal : 27 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 21 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 5.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology7 basins · 1 lakes · 21 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
123,7km
Lake surface here
85,24km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
2 294km²
Discharge in basins
23,0m³/s
Mean precip.
3 267mm/an
Mean T°
22,1°C
Moisture idx
0,52
Mean runoff
1 317mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
813m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Chiquitosub-area338,7 km²overlap329.61 km²65%
- Bassin de Río San Gerardosub-area147,8 km²overlap145.41 km²29%
- Bassin de Río Arenalsub-area197,9 km²overlap16.49 km²3%
- Bassin de Río Tenoriosub-area2 067,8 km²overlap6.73 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Fríosub-area1 647 km²overlap5.54 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Peñas Blancassub-area1 508,5 km²overlap2.62 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Barrancasub-area2 293,8 km²overlap1.21 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (21, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Chiquitoord 2len here19.85 km100%total20 km
- Río San Gerardoord 2len here13.47 km100%total14 km
- Río Negroord 2len here10.46 km43%total24 km
- Caño Negroord 4len here8.14 km17%total47 km
- Rio Agua Calienteord 2len here7.88 km100%total8 km
- Río Aguas Gatasord 2len here7.70 km100%total8 km
- Río Piedraord 2len here6.42 km49%total13 km
- Quebrada Tronadoraord 1len here6.25 km100%total6 km
- Río Dos Bocasord 2len here5.93 km37%total16 km
- Río Piedras Negrasord 1len here5.59 km100%total6 km
- Quebrada Bolañosord 1len here5.17 km100%total5 km
- Río Aguacateord 1len here4.67 km100%total5 km
9 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Quebradaord 2len here4.11 km5%total85 km
- Río Mata de Cañaord 1len here3.57 km100%total4 km
- Río Caño Negroord 3len here3.55 km8%total42 km
- Río Sábaloord 1len here3.38 km100%total3 km
- Quebrada Micasord 2len here3.19 km100%total3 km
- Quebrada Sangregadoord 1len here1.88 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada Pérezord 1len here1.15 km99%total1 km
- Quebrada Naranjos Agriosord 1len here0.97 km100%total1 km
- Río Arenalord 4len here0.38 km1%total51 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
- 10.46452, -84.81319
- 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.