HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080865690
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : La Trinitaria, Las Margaritas, Maravilla Tenejapa, San Mateo Ixtatán, Santa Cruz Barillas
Sub-basin area
274,9km²
Upstream area
1 618km²
Discharge
86,65m³/s
Mean elev.
858m
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°
22,7°C
Annual rain
3 500mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,50
Runoff
1 824mm/an
PET
1 714mm
AET
1 528mm
Mean slope
14,4°
Water table
560cm
Forest
25%
Crops
16%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)