Cordillera Volcánica Central
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · 1988
6 512 km²
Canton · CRI
León Cortés Castro
Costa Rica
CwbTemperate, dry winter, warm summer(80 %)
Area
122,5km²
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Species present
Computing species observations from GBIF…
Climate
Mean T°
16,9°C
Annual rain
4 328mm
Warmest m°
22,2°C
Coldest m°
13,0°C
Elevation: 1 679 m on average (min 840 m, max 2 071 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
16,9°C
Annual rain
4 328mm
Warmest month
22,2°C
Coldest month
13,0°C
Mean alt.
1 679m
Min
840m
Max
2 071m
Std. dev.
231m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
CwbTemperate, dry winter, warm summer(80 %)Temperate
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,4
Org. C
50,9g/kg
Clay
36,0%
Sand
30,7%
Silt
33,3%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: piGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,4
Org. C
68,3g/kg
Clay
33,2%
Sand
33,0%
Silt
33,9%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,4
Org. C
52,8g/kg
Clay
34,3%
Sand
31,2%
Silt
34,4%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,4
Org. C
31,5g/kg
Clay
40,4%
Sand
27,8%
Silt
31,8%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest40.2%
Crops37.3%
Built-up0.9%
Bare soil0.1%
Other (grassland, water…)21.6%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology
Computing basins, lakes, rivers…
Human pressure
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,6nW
Built-up
87,9%
Pesticides
107,8kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas3
IUCN IV · 2IUCN Not Applicable · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN