HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080866190
Bassin de Río 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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Benemérito de las Américas, Chajul, Cobán, Ixcán, Uspantán
Sub-basin area
1 238,1km²
Upstream area
9 083,9km²
Discharge
339,08m³/s
Mean elev.
258m
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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
3 339mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,48
Runoff
1 761mm/an
PET
1 709mm
AET
1 550mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
139cm
Forest
57%
Crops
7%
Urban
4%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)