HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080864080
Bassin de Río Salinas o Chixoy
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Benemérito de las Américas, La Libertad, Marqués de Comillas, Sayaxché
Sub-basin area
696,2km²
Upstream area
13 160,5km²
Discharge
523,47m³/s
Mean elev.
148m
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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
2 084mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,23
Runoff
1 189mm/an
PET
1 589mm
AET
1 351mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
33cm
Forest
72%
Crops
8%
Urban
2%
Protected
35%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)