Rivière· 25 segments
Río Virilla
Crosses 16 administrative regions : Alajuela, Atenas, Belén, Escazú, Flores +11
Total length
67km
Max discharge
52,6m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
25
River geography16 admin regions · 0 communes
16 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- AlajuelaAlajuela · Costa Rica20.5 kmin this dpt
- Santa AnaSan José · Costa Rica6.4 kmin this dpt
- Vázquez de CoronadoSan José · Costa Rica5.9 kmin this dpt
- Santo DomingoHeredia · Costa Rica5.6 kmin this dpt
- MoraSan José · Costa Rica5.1 kmin this dpt
- San JoséSan José · Costa Rica5.0 kmin this dpt
- HerediaHeredia · Costa Rica4.5 kmin this dpt
- BelénHeredia · Costa Rica3.0 kmin this dpt
- MoraviaSan José · Costa Rica2.7 kmin this dpt
- TibásSan José · Costa Rica1.9 kmin this dpt
- Santa BárbaraHeredia · Costa Rica1.8 kmin this dpt
- FloresHeredia · Costa Rica0.2 kmin this dpt
- EscazúSan José · Costa Rica0.2 kmin this dpt
- AtenasAlajuela · Costa Rica0.0 kmin this dpt
- San PabloHeredia · Costa Rica0.0 kmin this dpt
- GoicoecheaSan José · Costa Rica0.0 kmin this dpt
1 intersecting protected areas
Cordillera Volcánica Central
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 25 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
2 174 distinct species · 138 049 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Virilla : 25 espèces reliées par 55 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.2%, 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
67km
Max discharge
52,6m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
25
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.