Rivière· 12 segments
Río San Rafael
Crosses 2 administrative regions : San Carlos, Sarapiquí
Total length
126km
Max discharge
55,7m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
12
River geography2 admin regions · 0 communes
2 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- San CarlosAlajuela · Costa Rica31.9 kmin this dpt
- SarapiquíHeredia · Costa Rica19.8 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
Braulio Carrillo
IUCN IINational Park
Juan Castro Blanco
IUCN IINational Park
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 12 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
391 distinct species · 4 346 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 San Rafael : 25 espèces reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.9%, 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
126km
Max discharge
55,7m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
12
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.