Rivière· 40 segments
Río Samalá
Crosses 14 administrative regions : El Palmar, Retalhuleu, San Andrés Villa Seca, San Carlos Sija, San Cristóbal Totonicapán +9
Total length
103km
Max discharge
72,2m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
40
River geography14 admin regions · 0 communes
14 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- Santa Cruz MuluáRetalhuleu · Guatemala31.0 kmin this dpt
- San Carlos SijaQuezaltenango · Guatemala23.2 kmin this dpt
- San Andrés Villa SecaRetalhuleu · Guatemala20.2 kmin this dpt
- RetalhuleuRetalhuleu · Guatemala14.6 kmin this dpt
- San FelipeRetalhuleu · Guatemala13.0 kmin this dpt
- San Francisco El AltoTotonicapán · Guatemala11.8 kmin this dpt
- ZunilQuezaltenango · Guatemala9.7 kmin this dpt
- El PalmarQuezaltenango · Guatemala7.2 kmin this dpt
- SibiliaQuezaltenango · Guatemala3.6 kmin this dpt
- San SebastiánRetalhuleu · Guatemala3.4 kmin this dpt
- San Martín ZapotitlánRetalhuleu · Guatemala1.7 kmin this dpt
- San Cristóbal TotonicapánTotonicapán · Guatemala1.5 kmin this dpt
- ZunilitoSuchitepéquez · Guatemala1.0 kmin this dpt
- San Francisco La UniónQuezaltenango · Guatemala0.0 kmin this dpt
6 intersecting protected areas
Quetzaltenango - Saqbé
IUCN IVRegional Municipal Park
Volcán Santo Tomás
IUCN IbPermanent closure zone
Volcán Santa María
IUCN IbPermanent closure zone
Altamira
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
Finca Asturias
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
Regional Municipal Park
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 40 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
493 distinct species · 9 737 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Samalá : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.5%, 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
103km
Max discharge
72,2m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
40
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.