HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080054780
Bassin de Río Madre de Dios
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 2 administrative regions : Matina, Siquirres
Sub-basin area
191,8km²
Upstream area
191,8km²
Discharge
0,48m³/s
Mean elev.
54m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MatinaLimón · Costa Rica105.9 km²55.5% of basin
- SiquirresLimón · Costa Rica79.1 km²41.4% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Rio Pacuare
IUCN VIForest Reserve
17.76 km² overlap
La Amistad
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
17.66 km² overlap
Pacuare Matina
IUCN VIForest Reserve
4.97 km² overlap
Nacional Cariari
IUCN IIWetland
2.59 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 277 distinct species · 37 791 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Madre de Dios : 18 espèces reliées par 16 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 6.3%, 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°
26,0°C
Annual rain
3 412mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,54
Runoff
2 377mm/an
PET
1 567mm
AET
1 564mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
59cm
Forest
90%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
13%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)