Wildlife Refuge · nic
Los Guatuzos
- Area
- 442 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1999
Overview
- Designation
- Wildlife Refuge
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1999
- Managing authority
- Ministerio del Ambiente y Los Recursos Naturales (MARENA)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
951 distinct species · 46 330 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Los Guatuzos : 30 espèces + 4 bulles famille, 27 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 4.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 4 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology8 basins · 2 lakes · 23 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
118,7km
Lake surface here
2,37km²
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
30 781km²
Discharge in basins
190,5m³/s
Mean precip.
2 274mm/an
Mean T°
25,8°C
Moisture idx
0,25
Mean runoff
895mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
132m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Zapotesub-area1 336,3 km²overlap302.95 km²68%
- Bassin de Río San Juansub-area945,7 km²overlap45.09 km²10%
- Bassin de Río Fríosub-area1 647 km²overlap39.09 km²9%
- Bassin de Río Pizotesub-area296,7 km²overlap31.10 km²7%
- Bassin de Río Boca Anchasub-area24,9 km²overlap15.91 km²4%
- Bassin de Quebrada El Jícarosub-area107,5 km²overlap4.69 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Las Haciendassub-area239,6 km²overlap3.01 km²1%
- Bassin de Río Fríosub-area0,5 km²overlap0.43 km²0%
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (23, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Saltoord 1len here14.18 km87%total16 km
- Río El Zapoteord 4len here13.23 km85%total16 km
- Río Guacalito Viejoord 1len here11.25 km40%total28 km
- Río Fríoord 5len here10.09 km8%total130 km
- Río Guacalito Nuevoord 3len here8.59 km53%total16 km
- Río Cairo (Cucaracha)ord 2len here7.27 km18%total40 km
- Río San Juanord 7len here6.81 km3%total250 km
- Caño Simoncitoord 4len here5.98 km100%total6 km
- Río Boca Negraord 6len here5.50 km15%total38 km
- Río Zapoteord 3len here4.81 km11%total42 km
- Río Poponjochalord 1len here4.74 km66%total7 km
- Quebrada El Jícaroord 4len here4.74 km98%total5 km
11 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Río Pizoteord 4len here3.86 km5%total72 km
- Río Saínoord 1len here3.44 km72%total5 km
- Quebrada Renéord 3len here3.10 km57%total5 km
- Río Boca Anchaord 1len here2.54 km46%total6 km
- Río Medio Quesoord 3len here2.35 km5%total47 km
- Estero Dos Bocasord 1len here1.89 km100%total2 km
- Caño El Cacaoord 4len here1.30 km100%total1 km
- Río Papaturroord 1len here1.20 km32%total4 km
- Caño San Antonioord 4len here1.11 km100%total1 km
- Caño El Raudalord 2len here0.75 km16%total5 km
- Estero Las Grzasord 2len here≈ tangenttotal3 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 11.03812, -85.04143
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.