Rivière· 50 segments
Río Sarapiquí
Crosses 5 administrative regions : Alajuela, Heredia, San Juan del Norte, Santa Bárbara, Sarapiquí
Total length
103km
Max discharge
235,4m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
50
River geography5 admin regions · 0 communes
5 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- SarapiquíHeredia · Costa Rica87.9 kmin this dpt
- HerediaHeredia · Costa Rica22.7 kmin this dpt
- AlajuelaAlajuela · Costa Rica12.7 kmin this dpt
- Santa BárbaraHeredia · Costa Rica0.0 kmin this dpt
- San Juan del NorteRío San Juan · Nicaragua0.0 kmin this dpt
13 intersecting protected areas
Reserva de Biosfera Río San Juan Nicaragua
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
Agua y Paz
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
Cordillera Volcánica Central
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
Corredor Fronterizo
IUCN VINational Wildlife Refuge
Humedal Maquenque
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
Cordillera Volcanica Central
IUCN VIForest Reserve
Braulio Carrillo
IUCN IINational Park
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
Río San Juan
IUCN IVWildlife Refuge
4 more protected areassorted by area
La Selva
IUCN IVProtected Zone
Lapa Verde
IUCN VINational Wildlife Refuge
La Tirimbina
IUCN VINational Wildlife Refuge
Tapiria
IUCN VINational Wildlife Refuge
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 50 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
2 619 distinct species · 344 121 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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 Sarapiquí : 13 espèces reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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
235,4m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
50
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.