Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · cri
Humedal Caribe Noreste
- Area
- 874 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1996
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1996
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
5 743 distinct species · 376 576 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Humedal Caribe Noreste : 22 espèces reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology5 basins · 4 lakes · 34 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
221,3km
Lake surface here
2,09km²
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
41 214km²
Discharge in basins
353,6m³/s
Mean precip.
4 649mm/an
Mean T°
26,0°C
Moisture idx
0,67
Mean runoff
2 731mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
46m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (34, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Coloradoord 7len here44.87 km92%total49 km
- Canales de Tortugueroord 3len here26.03 km100%total26 km
- Canales del Tortuguero Rogelio Pardo Jochsord 3len here23.34 km100%total23 km
- Río Sierpeord 3len here21.92 km63%total35 km
- Caño Bravoord 7len here14.86 km100%total15 km
- Río San Juanord 2len here10.65 km38%total28 km
- Río Tauraord 4len here9.16 km100%total9 km
- Río Tortugueroord 5len here9.04 km12%total77 km
- Caño Bananaord 2len here7.84 km100%total8 km
- Río Reventazónord 5len here7.02 km5%total140 km
- Río Parisminaord 1len here4.84 km100%total5 km
- Canales de Tortugueroord 1len here4.48 km100%total4 km
22 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Río La Suerteord 1len here4.28 km100%total4 km
- Río Parisminaord 4len here3.98 km6%total72 km
- Rio Tortugueroord 4len here3.14 km100%total3 km
- Lagunas del Tortugueroord 3len here3.05 km100%total3 km
- Río San Juanord 7len here2.93 km1%total250 km
- Lagunas del Tortugueroord 4len here2.74 km100%total3 km
- Canales de Tortugueroord 1len here2.44 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada Negraord 1len here2.01 km11%total18 km
- Canales del Tortuguero Rogelio Pardo Jochsord 2len here1.76 km100%total2 km
- Río Palaciosord 4len here1.39 km6%total25 km
- Caño Palmaord 1len here1.37 km96%total1 km
- Estero Parisminaord 1len here1.34 km100%total1 km
- Lazo del Río Parisminaord 1len here1.33 km82%total2 km
- Caño San Juanilloord 3len here1.30 km4%total31 km
- Río San Juanord 1len here1.13 km68%total2 km
- Caño Palmaord 1len here0.97 km100%total1 km
- Caño Palmaord 1len here0.97 km100%total1 km
- Río La Suerteord 4len here0.45 km1%total50 km
- Canales del Tortuguero Rogelio Pardo Jochsord 2len here0.27 km6%total5 km
- Caño San Juanilloord 7len here0.26 km3%total8 km
- Río Chirripóord 5len here0.20 km0%total73 km
- Río Aguas Zarcasord 2len here≈ tangenttotal6 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
- 10.60748, -83.57875
- 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.