HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080053240
Bassin de Río Motagua
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 7 administrative regions across 2 countries : Azacualpa, Morales, Omoa, Puerto Barrios, Quimistán +2
Sub-basin area
1 555,7km²
Upstream area
16 329,8km²
Discharge
310,62m³/s
Mean elev.
327m
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°
25,1°C
Annual rain
1 891mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,16
Runoff
886mm/an
PET
1 576mm
AET
1 340mm
Mean slope
8,4°
Water table
229cm
Forest
66%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
24%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)