HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080883120
Bassin de Río Sarapiquí
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 1 administrative regions : Sarapiquí
Sub-basin area
24,4km²
Upstream area
2 934,7km²
Discharge
221,4m³/s
Mean elev.
34m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Toro624 km²
- Bassin de Río Sardinal323 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- SarapiquíHeredia · Costa Rica24.3 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Agua y Paz
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
24.31 km² overlap
Humedal Maquenque
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
13.07 km² overlap
Corredor Fronterizo
IUCN VINational Wildlife Refuge
0.44 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
365 distinct species · 1 202 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Sarapiquí : 31 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 46 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
25,7°C
Annual rain
3 979mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,61
Runoff
2 553mm/an
PET
1 542mm
AET
1 529mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
36cm
Forest
49%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)