Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · nic
Sistema de Humedales de la Bahía de Bluefields
- Area
- 1 476 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2001
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 2001
- Managing authority
- Ministerio del Ambiente y Los Recursos Naturales (MARENA)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 497 distinct species · 8 096 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Sistema de Humedales de la Bahía de Bluefields : 31 espèces reliées par 52 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 6.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology5 basins · 6 lakes · 46 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
324,5km
Lake surface here
13,45km²
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
11 519km²
Discharge in basins
443,9m³/s
Mean precip.
4 253mm/an
Mean T°
25,4°C
Moisture idx
0,65
Mean runoff
2 171mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
34m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (6, top by area)
Rivers / streams (46, ord ≥ 4)
- Bluefields Riverord 6len here66.25 km44%total151 km
- Río Mahogany Creekord 4len here28.35 km92%total31 km
- Caño Negroord 3len here27.69 km52%total53 km
- Río Kukraord 4len here20.97 km18%total115 km
- Caño Negroord 4len here13.77 km100%total14 km
- Caño Las Pavasord 2len here12.33 km100%total12 km
- Caño El Tornoord 3len here11.61 km45%total26 km
- Río Escofranord 2len here11.56 km100%total12 km
- Caño Los Frijolesord 2len here8.72 km100%total9 km
- Caño Las Pavasord 1len here7.48 km71%total11 km
- Caño Hannaord 2len here7.11 km100%total7 km
- Cahanguinolá Creekord 2len here6.68 km76%total9 km
34 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Mountain Cow Creekord 2len here6.65 km100%total7 km
- Caño Blancoord 2len here6.47 km100%total6 km
- Vernon Creek (Caño Vernon)ord 2len here6.39 km100%total6 km
- Caño La Líneaord 2len here6.37 km100%total6 km
- Caño San Antonioord 3len here5.94 km100%total6 km
- Caño Las Pavitasord 1len here5.69 km100%total6 km
- Caño Sheffieldsord 3len here4.89 km100%total5 km
- Caño Talenoord 3len here4.36 km30%total15 km
- Caño Jorgeord 2len here4.19 km34%total12 km
- Caño Magnoliaord 4len here3.63 km100%total4 km
- Caño El Masateord 3len here3.48 km37%total10 km
- Caño Talenoord 1len here3.48 km51%total7 km
- Musulaina Creekord 1len here3.40 km100%total3 km
- Río Malopiord 3len here3.27 km71%total5 km
- Río Kamaord 4len here2.42 km2%total112 km
- Caño Esconframord 1len here2.26 km100%total2 km
- Guana Creekord 3len here2.26 km38%total6 km
- Caño Laguna Grandeord 2len here2.12 km20%total11 km
- Caño Duckunoord 2len here2.08 km11%total18 km
- Caño Papta o Papta Creekord 1len here2.08 km100%total2 km
- Río Tuswani o Río Trusaniord 3len here1.96 km6%total34 km
- Caño Las Cuevasord 1len here1.87 km42%total4 km
- Caño Jerusalénord 1len here1.80 km99%total2 km
- Caño El Pavónord 2len here1.78 km19%total10 km
- Río Mahoganyord 3len here1.74 km6%total30 km
- Louisville Galin Creekord 1len here1.66 km100%total2 km
- Caño Iguanaord 2len here1.57 km100%total2 km
- Caño Millerord 1len here1.42 km100%total1 km
- Caño Krisimbilaord 1len here1.42 km100%total1 km
- Caño Yolina o Tura Creekord 2len here1.34 km35%total4 km
- Caño El Marañón o Dead Man's Creekord 1len here1.33 km100%total1 km
- Caño Sea Poolord 1len here0.97 km60%total2 km
- Caño El Gavilánord 1len here0.94 km23%total4 km
- Caño Yolina o Tura Creekord 2len here0.73 km15%total5 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 12.01232, -83.88456
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.