HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080883860
Bassin de Río Jiménez
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 3 administrative regions : Guácimo, Pococí, Siquirres
Sub-basin area
759km²
Upstream area
759,5km²
Discharge
62,19m³/s
Mean elev.
256m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- GuácimoLimón · Costa Rica516.6 km²68.3% of basin
- PococíLimón · Costa Rica154.3 km²20.4% of basin
- SiquirresLimón · Costa Rica85.1 km²11.3% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Cordillera Volcánica Central
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
133.02 km² overlap
Cordillera Volcanica Central
IUCN VIForest Reserve
43.98 km² overlap
Acuiferos Guacimo y Pococi
IUCN IVProtected Zone
21.31 km² overlap
Humedal Caribe Noreste
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
12.76 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 107 distinct species · 81 774 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Jiménez : 12 espèces reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.5%, 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
3 755mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,59
Runoff
2 547mm/an
PET
1 541mm
AET
1 538mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
48cm
Forest
90%
Crops
2%
Urban
3%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)