HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080864970
Bassin de Río Lacantún
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 12 administrative regions across 2 countries : Aguacatán, Benemérito de las Américas, Chajul, Chiantla, Cunén +7
Sub-basin area
2 009,9km²
Upstream area
13 945,1km²
Discharge
758,56m³/s
Mean elev.
902m
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°
22,2°C
Annual rain
2 799mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,37
Runoff
1 828mm/an
PET
1 615mm
AET
1 396mm
Mean slope
10,3°
Water table
310cm
Forest
73%
Crops
7%
Urban
1%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)