HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080883410
Bassin de Río Sucio
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 : Pococí, Sarapiquí
Sub-basin area
268,3km²
Upstream area
1 116,4km²
Discharge
86,28m³/s
Mean elev.
111m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río General571 km²
- Bassin de Río Toro Amarillo278 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- SarapiquíHeredia · Costa Rica243.2 km²91.0% of basin
- PococíLimón · Costa Rica24.0 km²9.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Agua y Paz
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
205.95 km² overlap
Cordillera Volcánica Central
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
36.40 km² overlap
Cordillera Volcanica Central
IUCN VIForest Reserve
9.27 km² overlap
Nogal
IUCN VINational Wildlife Refuge
0.92 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 409 distinct species · 50 125 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Sucio : 22 espèces reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
4 098mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,62
Runoff
2 522mm/an
PET
1 575mm
AET
1 573mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
22cm
Forest
77%
Crops
3%
Urban
3%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)