Ruisseau· 7 segments
Río Volcán
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Alajuela, Heredia, Sarapiquí
Total length
117km
Max discharge
2,4m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
7
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- HerediaHeredia · Costa Rica10.4 kmin this dpt
- SarapiquíHeredia · Costa Rica8.1 kmin this dpt
- AlajuelaAlajuela · Costa Rica3.6 kmin this dpt
3 intersecting protected areas
Cordillera Volcánica Central
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
Cordillera Volcanica Central
IUCN VIForest Reserve
Braulio Carrillo
IUCN IINational Park
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 7 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
873 distinct species · 15 134 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 11 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 Volcán : 10 espèces reliées par 7 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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
117km
Max discharge
2,4m³/s
Max Strahler
2
Segments matched
7
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.