Ruisseau· 29 segments
Río Peñas Blancas
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Puntarenas, San Carlos, San Ramón
Total length
100km
Max discharge
8,3m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
29
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- San RamónAlajuela · Costa Rica62.4 kmin this dpt
- San CarlosAlajuela · Costa Rica8.5 kmin this dpt
- PuntarenasPuntarenas · Costa Rica0.0 kmin this dpt
4 intersecting protected areas
Agua y Paz
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
Cordillera Volcánica Central
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
Arenal Monteverde
IUCN IVProtected Zone
Protected areas with sustainable use of natural resources
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 29 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
2 044 distinct species · 7 959 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Peñas Blancas : 16 espèces reliées par 28 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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
100km
Max discharge
8,3m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
29
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.