HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080869550
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 7 administrative regions across 2 countries : Copán Ruinas, El Paraíso, Florida, Los Amates, San Antonio +2
Sub-basin area
387km²
Upstream area
387,4km²
Discharge
8,5m³/s
Mean elev.
734m
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°
22,7°C
Annual rain
1 680mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,05
Runoff
701mm/an
PET
1 583mm
AET
1 223mm
Mean slope
13,5°
Water table
374cm
Forest
48%
Crops
12%
Urban
1%
Protected
24%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)