HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080865780
Bassin de Río Ixcán
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 16 administrative regions across 2 countries : Aguacatán, Chajul, Chiantla, Concepción Huista, Ixcán +11
Sub-basin area
2 241,8km²
Upstream area
2 241,9km²
Discharge
184,64m³/s
Mean elev.
1 478m
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°
19,5°C
Annual rain
2 924mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,38
Runoff
2 009mm/an
PET
1 542mm
AET
1 346mm
Mean slope
16,5°
Water table
523cm
Forest
73%
Crops
6%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)