HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080869290
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 : Aguacatán, Huehuetenango, Malacatancito, Momostenango, Sacapulas
Sub-basin area
189,6km²
Upstream area
1 574km²
Discharge
42,81m³/s
Mean elev.
1 673m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Pacaranat945 km²
- Bassin de Río Serchil440 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- HuehuetenangoHuehuetenango · Guatemala76.4 km²40.4% of basin
- 70.4 km²37.3% of basin
- 33.6 km²17.8% of basin
- MalacatancitoHuehuetenango · Guatemala8.4 km²4.5% of basin
- MomostenangoTotonicapán · Guatemala0.1 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
151 distinct species · 701 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Río Chixoy : 28 espèces dont 4 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 61 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
18,6°C
Annual rain
1 786mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,09
Runoff
1 121mm/an
PET
1 524mm
AET
1 141mm
Mean slope
13,6°
Water table
393cm
Forest
77%
Crops
21%
Urban
17%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)