HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080882940
Bassin de Río Cucaracho
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 : Liberia, Upala
Sub-basin area
313,9km²
Upstream area
313,9km²
Discharge
11,12m³/s
Mean elev.
518m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- UpalaAlajuela · Costa Rica312.1 km²99.8% of basin
- Liberia0.6 km²0.2% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Area de Conservación Guanacaste
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
71.97 km² overlap
Rincon de la Vieja
IUCN IINational Park
28.00 km² overlap
Guanacaste
IUCN IINational Park
19.97 km² overlap
Agua y Paz
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
13.99 km² overlap
Guanacaste
IUCN IVProtected Zone
0.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 601 distinct species · 97 078 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 Cucaracho : 17 espèces reliées par 16 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.4%, 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
2 493mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
1 008mm/an
PET
1 585mm
AET
1 315mm
Mean slope
6,4°
Water table
167cm
Forest
81%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)