HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080871750
Bassin de Río Grande
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 9 administrative regions across 2 countries : Camotán, Chiquimula, Copán Ruinas, Jocotán, La Unión +4
Sub-basin area
534km²
Upstream area
1 707,7km²
Discharge
33,35m³/s
Mean elev.
926m
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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
1 349mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
619mm/an
PET
1 542mm
AET
1 028mm
Mean slope
16,5°
Water table
557cm
Forest
2%
Crops
56%
Urban
6%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)