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
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°
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)