HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080054770
Bassin de Río Pacuare
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 4 administrative regions : Jiménez, Paraíso, Siquirres, Turrialba
Sub-basin area
822,8km²
Upstream area
822,8km²
Discharge
66,03m³/s
Mean elev.
1 027m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- TurrialbaCartago · Costa Rica557.4 km²68.0% of basin
- SiquirresLimón · Costa Rica255.7 km²31.2% of basin
- JiménezCartago · Costa Rica5.7 km²0.7% of basin
- ParaísoCartago · Costa Rica0.5 km²0.1% of basin
11 intersecting protected areas
La Amistad
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
353.61 km² overlap
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
293.05 km² overlap
Cordillera Volcánica Central
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
284.58 km² overlap
Tapanti-Macizo de la Muerte
IUCN IINational Park
151.54 km² overlap
Rio Macho
IUCN VIForest Reserve
136.13 km² overlap
Turberas de Talamanca
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
85.80 km² overlap
Rio Pacuare
IUCN VIForest Reserve
73.27 km² overlap
Chirripo
IUCN IINational Park
6.23 km² overlap
Cuenca del Rio Tuis
IUCN IVProtected Zone
4.01 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Cuenca Rio Siquirres
IUCN IVProtected Zone
0.27 km² overlap
Nacional Cariari
IUCN IIWetland
0.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 981 distinct species · 757 794 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 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 Pacuare : 10 espèces reliées par 10 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.8%, 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).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,7°C
Annual rain
3 729mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,60
Runoff
2 374mm/an
PET
1 427mm
AET
1 411mm
Mean slope
14,0°
Water table
388cm
Forest
92%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
27%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)