HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080869510
Bassin de Río Motagua
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Copán Ruinas, El Paraíso, Gualán, Los Amates
Sub-basin area
406km²
Upstream area
13 298,3km²
Discharge
254,54m³/s
Mean elev.
403m
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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
1 819mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
741mm/an
PET
1 607mm
AET
1 287mm
Mean slope
9,6°
Water table
318cm
Forest
44%
Crops
21%
Urban
5%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)