Protective Forest · pan
Palo Seco
- Area
- 2 521 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1983
Overview
- Designation
- Protective Forest
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1983
- Managing authority
- Ministerio de Ambiente
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 010 distinct species · 44 179 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 Palo Seco : 14 espèces + 0 bulles famille, 8 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology10 basins · 0 lakes · 58 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
738,8km
Basins crossed
10
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
1 907km²
Discharge in basins
190,7m³/s
Mean precip.
2 932mm/an
Mean T°
21,4°C
Moisture idx
0,51
Mean runoff
1 611mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
923m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Río Peje Bobosub-area1 777 km²overlap601.43 km²24%
- Bassin de Río Changuinolasub-area425,1 km²overlap393.23 km²16%
- Bassin de Río Culubresub-area560,8 km²overlap355.22 km²14%
- Bassin de Río Teribesub-area1 227,1 km²overlap332.33 km²13%
- Bassin de Río Changuinola XIIsub-area339,8 km²overlap290.67 km²12%
- Bassin de Río Estrellitasub-area353,8 km²overlap252.09 km²10%
- Bassin de Río Guariviarasub-area808,4 km²overlap171.68 km²7%
- Bassin de Río Changuinola XIIsub-area120,9 km²overlap120.43 km²5%
- Bassin de Río Chiriquí Nuevosub-area1 906,8 km²overlap3.16 km²0%
1 more basinssorted by overlap
Rivers / streams (58, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Culubreord 4len here72.07 km74%total98 km
- Río Changuinolaord 5len here61.47 km58%total105 km
- Río Changuinola XIIord 4len here48.22 km100%total48 km
- Quebrada Bonyicord 3len here38.43 km98%total39 km
- Río Peje Boboord 4len here36.19 km79%total46 km
- Río Teribeord 4len here35.69 km23%total156 km
- Quebrada Urí (26 km)ord 3len here34.89 km89%total39 km
- Quebrada Boca Chicaord 3len here32.04 km100%total32 km
- Río Estrellitaord 4len here28.73 km100%total29 km
- Río Riscóord 2len here25.99 km100%total26 km
- Río Cilindroord 2len here19.32 km100%total19 km
- Río Claritoord 2len here18.77 km100%total19 km
46 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Río Holkonord 3len here18.07 km100%total18 km
- Río Róbaloord 3len here17.35 km61%total28 km
- R. Changuinola XVord 2len here16.35 km88%total19 km
- Río Changuinola Surord 3len here13.59 km100%total14 km
- Río Guariviaraord 4len here13.12 km21%total63 km
- Río Estrellaord 3len here12.25 km82%total15 km
- R. Guariviara Iord 2len here11.91 km100%total12 km
- R. Changuinolaord 2len here11.61 km97%total12 km
- Río Guaboord 3len here11.17 km59%total19 km
- R. Changuinola IXord 2len here10.78 km91%total12 km
- Río Romeroord 2len here9.01 km100%total9 km
- Quebrada Guabo Numero 2ord 1len here8.36 km100%total8 km
- Quebrada Willie Mazúord 2len here8.17 km100%total8 km
- Río Dairaord 2len here8.02 km37%total22 km
- Río Changuinola Xord 2len here7.27 km100%total7 km
- Río Playitaord 3len here6.53 km100%total7 km
- Quebrada Cheyord 2len here6.33 km61%total10 km
- Quebrada Ushiglo Diwaord 1len here5.73 km100%total6 km
- Afluete Río Culubreord 2len here5.60 km100%total6 km
- Rio Uyamaord 3len here5.46 km16%total35 km
- Quebrada Los Plátanosord 3len here5.20 km31%total17 km
- R. Culubre VIIord 4len here4.99 km100%total5 km
- R. Culubre VIord 2len here4.99 km100%total5 km
- Quebrada Cochigroord 2len here4.95 km100%total5 km
- Río La Gloriaord 2len here4.86 km53%total9 km
- Quebrada Playitaord 1len here4.76 km99%total5 km
- Rio Culubre IIIord 2len here4.35 km100%total4 km
- R. Changuinola Iord 1len here4.22 km100%total4 km
- Río Ceibaord 1len here4.20 km100%total4 km
- Río Caño Claritoord 1len here4.01 km43%total9 km
- Rio Texbiord 3len here3.67 km8%total47 km
- Rio Mameyord 3len here3.60 km100%total4 km
- Quebrada Machoord 1len here3.24 km100%total3 km
- R. Changuinola VIIIord 2len here3.19 km100%total3 km
- R. Changuinola XIIIord 1len here2.81 km100%total3 km
- Río Guabitoord 3len here2.79 km48%total6 km
- Río Guarumitoord 4len here2.77 km28%total10 km
- Rio Culubre IVord 1len here2.32 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada del Puebloord 1len here2.28 km28%total8 km
- Río Caño Sucioord 3len here2.15 km14%total15 km
- Río Francesord 1len here2.03 km33%total6 km
- Qbda. Los Plátanosord 1len here1.60 km100%total2 km
- Quebrada Cabello de Ángel #2ord 1len here0.69 km100%total1 km
- Quebrada Cuinord 1len here0.46 km32%total1 km
- Quebrada Barranquillaord 1len here0.13 km4%total4 km
- Quebrada Garzaord 3len here≈ tangenttotal5 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
- 9.03993, -82.51683
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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.