HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080859580
Bassin · #7080859580
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 5 administrative regions : Ayutla de los Libres, Juan R. Escudero, Mochitlán, Quechultenango, Tecoanapa
Sub-basin area
157,2km²
Upstream area
3 497,3km²
Discharge
82,86m³/s
Mean elev.
617m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #70808596501556 km²
- Bassin · #7080859590411 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 67.0 km²42.8% of basin
- 37.2 km²23.7% of basin
- 23.5 km²15.0% of basin
- 21.3 km²13.6% of basin
- 7.8 km²4.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 21 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,1°C
Annual rain
1 596mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
676mm/an
PET
1 957mm
AET
1 073mm
Mean slope
16,3°
Water table
675cm
Forest
98%
Crops
27%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)