HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080865360
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Las Margaritas, Maravilla Tenejapa, Santa Cruz Barillas
Sub-basin area
113km²
Upstream area
2 354km²
Discharge
126,95m³/s
Mean elev.
481m
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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
3 461mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,49
Runoff
1 935mm/an
PET
1 763mm
AET
1 553mm
Mean slope
11,7°
Water table
353cm
Forest
77%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)