HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080054890
Bassin de Río Estrella
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 : Limón, Talamanca
Sub-basin area
730,2km²
Upstream area
730,4km²
Discharge
44,02m³/s
Mean elev.
536m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LimónLimón · Costa Rica711.0 km²97.8% of basin
- TalamancaLimón · Costa Rica16.1 km²2.2% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
La Amistad
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
471.18 km² overlap
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
265.50 km² overlap
Internacional La Amistad
IUCN IINational Park
179.76 km² overlap
Hitoy Cerere
IUCN IaBiological Reserve
85.45 km² overlap
Rio Banano
IUCN IVProtected Zone
0.30 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 306 distinct species · 66 607 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 Estrella : 16 espèces reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.0%, 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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
2 891mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,46
Runoff
1 956mm/an
PET
1 533mm
AET
1 517mm
Mean slope
13,1°
Water table
395cm
Forest
90%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
36%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)