HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080002700
Bassin de Río Lempa
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 42 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alegría, Apastepeque, Berlín, Chapeltique, Chinameca +37
Sub-basin area
2 546,3km²
Upstream area
18 063,9km²
Discharge
392,69m³/s
Mean elev.
336m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,7°C
Annual rain
1 864mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,03
Runoff
780mm/an
PET
1 802mm
AET
1 152mm
Mean slope
6,8°
Water table
237cm
Forest
37%
Crops
57%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)