Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · cri
Terraba-Sierpe
- Area
- 363 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1995
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1995
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 017 distinct species · 31 452 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Terraba-Sierpe : 30 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 17 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 3.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology5 basins · 3 lakes · 21 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
122,0km
Lake surface here
2,29km²
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
5 015km²
Discharge in basins
43,5m³/s
Mean precip.
3 905mm/an
Mean T°
25,6°C
Moisture idx
0,54
Mean runoff
2 366mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
172m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (21, ord ≥ 4)
- Río Sierpeord 4len here53.39 km74%total73 km
- Río Sierpeord 3len here14.05 km88%total16 km
- Río Chocuacoord 3len here11.21 km46%total24 km
- Estero Negroord 3len here6.08 km100%total6 km
- Quebrada Porvenirord 2len here5.96 km94%total6 km
- Estero Tagualord 6len here4.87 km55%total9 km
- Estero Ollaord 4len here4.76 km100%total5 km
- Estero Guerraord 2len here4.33 km91%total5 km
- Estero Ajuntaderasord 2len here4.20 km43%total10 km
- Río Coronadoord 2len here3.60 km24%total15 km
- Quebrada Laguna Sierpeord 4len here2.73 km82%total3 km
- Río Sábaloord 2len here2.39 km26%total9 km
9 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Río Grande de Térrabaord 6len here2.13 km3%total80 km
- Rio Cañablancalord 3len here1.02 km7%total16 km
- Estero San Buenaord 3len here0.42 km9%total5 km
- Río Punta Malaord 1len here0.29 km4%total8 km
- Quebrada Ojo de Aguaord 3len here0.27 km6%total5 km
- Río Media Lunaord 2len here0.11 km3%total4 km
- Quebrada Patasteord 1len here0.09 km14%total1 km
- Quebrada Pitasord 1len here0.04 km1%total5 km
- Río Balsoord 2len here0.01 km0%total7 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
- 8.92287, -83.59317
- Open in maps
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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.