Ruisseau· 2 segments
Río Mercedes
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Guácimo, Pococí, Turrialba
Total length
80km
Max discharge
0,7m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
2
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- TurrialbaCartago · Costa Rica5.0 kmin this dpt
- PococíLimón · Costa Rica1.1 kmin this dpt
- GuácimoLimón · Costa Rica0.0 kmin this dpt
3 intersecting protected areas
Cordillera Volcánica Central
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
Cordillera Volcanica Central
IUCN VIForest Reserve
Volcan Turrialba
IUCN IINational Park
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 2 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
209 distinct species · 572 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 Mercedes : 38 espèces dont 4 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 40 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 3.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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
80km
Max discharge
0,7m³/s
Max Strahler
1
Segments matched
2
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.