Ruisseau· 8 segments
Río Zapote
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Los Chiles, San Carlos, Upala
Total length
165km
Max discharge
14,2m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
8
River geography3 admin regions · 0 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- UpalaAlajuela · Costa Rica37.5 kmin this dpt
- San CarlosRío San Juan · Nicaragua4.7 kmin this dpt
- Los ChilesAlajuela · Costa Rica0.0 kmin this dpt
5 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
Corredor Fronterizo
IUCN VINational Wildlife Refuge
Los Guatuzos
IUCN IVWildlife Refuge
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 8 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
238 distinct species · 640 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 Zapote : 26 espèces reliées par 28 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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
165km
Max discharge
14,2m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
8
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.