Ruisseau· 17 segments
Río Machuca
Crosses 4 administrative regions : Esparza, Orotina, San Mateo, San Ramón
Total length
74km
Max discharge
7,3m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
17
River geography4 admin regions · 0 communes
4 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- San MateoAlajuela · Costa Rica21.5 kmin this dpt
- OrotinaAlajuela · Costa Rica8.1 kmin this dpt
- San RamónAlajuela · Costa Rica5.0 kmin this dpt
- EsparzaPuntarenas · Costa Rica0.2 kmin this dpt
2 intersecting protected areas
Cordillera Volcánica Central
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
Tivives
IUCN IVProtected Zone
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 17 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
645 distinct species · 30 482 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 Río Machuca : 8 espèces reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 15.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
74km
Max discharge
7,3m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
17
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.