HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080869750
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 3 administrative regions : El Estor, Gualán, Los Amates
Sub-basin area
366,1km²
Upstream area
12 569,3km²
Discharge
233,04m³/s
Mean elev.
491m
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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
1 824mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,09
Runoff
798mm/an
PET
1 606mm
AET
1 239mm
Mean slope
14,2°
Water table
478cm
Forest
41%
Crops
19%
Urban
2%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)