HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080001360
Bassin de Río Candelaria
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 14 administrative regions : Acosta, Alajuelita, Aserrí, Cartago, Desamparados +9
Sub-basin area
1 389,8km²
Upstream area
1 389,8km²
Discharge
68,14m³/s
Mean elev.
1 103m
Administrative coverage
14 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- AcostaSan José · Costa Rica342.0 km²24.7% of basin
- ParritaPuntarenas · Costa Rica210.0 km²15.2% of basin
- PuriscalSan José · Costa Rica183.3 km²13.2% of basin
- AserríSan José · Costa Rica139.7 km²10.1% of basin
- DotaSan José · Costa Rica124.9 km²9.0% of basin
- León Cortés CastroSan José · Costa Rica122.5 km²8.8% of basin
- TarrazúSan José · Costa Rica91.5 km²6.6% of basin
- DesamparadosSan José · Costa Rica65.2 km²4.7% of basin
17 intersecting protected areas
Cordillera Volcánica Central
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
209.18 km² overlap
Savegre
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
88.69 km² overlap
Los Santos
IUCN VIForest Reserve
80.76 km² overlap
Turberas de Talamanca
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
68.42 km² overlap
Caraigres
IUCN IVProtected Zone
32.04 km² overlap
Cerro de Escazu
IUCN IVProtected Zone
28.01 km² overlap
La Cangreja
IUCN IINational Park
6.54 km² overlap
Cerro Redondo
IUCN VINational Wildlife Refuge
6.45 km² overlap
La Amistad
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
3.94 km² overlap
8 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Cerro Las Vueltas
IUCN IaBiological Reserve
2.58 km² overlap
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1.41 km² overlap
Tapanti-Macizo de la Muerte
IUCN IINational Park
0.98 km² overlap
Rio Navarro-Rio Sombrero
IUCN IVProtected Zone
0.89 km² overlap
Quebrada Rosario
IUCN IVProtected Zone
0.43 km² overlap
Los Quetzales
IUCN IINational Park
0.34 km² overlap
Rio Macho
IUCN VIForest Reserve
0.28 km² overlap
El Rodeo
IUCN IVProtected Zone
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 753 distinct species · 459 459 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 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 Bassin de Río Candelaria : 16 espèces reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,7°C
Annual rain
2 604mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,41
Runoff
1 939mm/an
PET
1 507mm
AET
1 267mm
Mean slope
15,5°
Water table
467cm
Forest
95%
Crops
3%
Urban
5%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)