HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080884940
Bassin de Río Coto Brus
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Buenos Aires, Changuinola, Coto Brus, Renacimiento, Talamanca
Sub-basin area
1 613,6km²
Upstream area
1 613,8km²
Discharge
108,52m³/s
Mean elev.
1 283m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Buenos AiresPuntarenas · Costa Rica797.3 km²49.6% of basin
- Coto BrusPuntarenas · Costa Rica786.0 km²48.9% of basin
- TalamancaLimón · Costa Rica11.0 km²0.7% of basin
- ChanguinolaBocas del Toro · Panama9.9 km²0.6% of basin
- 2.7 km²0.2% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
La Amistad
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1336.84 km² overlap
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
453.63 km² overlap
Internacional La Amistad
IUCN IINational Park
248.94 km² overlap
Turberas de Talamanca
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
200.25 km² overlap
Las Tablas
IUCN IVProtected Zone
146.45 km² overlap
Biological Reserve
50.83 km² overlap
Reserva de la Biósfera de La Amistad
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
30.91 km² overlap
La Amistad
IUCN IINational Park
11.55 km² overlap
De San Vito
IUCN IIWetland
0.33 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 919 distinct species · 772 414 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 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 Coto Brus : 12 espèces reliées par 10 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
19,6°C
Annual rain
3 054mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,52
Runoff
2 094mm/an
PET
1 456mm
AET
1 298mm
Mean slope
12,7°
Water table
315cm
Forest
79%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)