HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080872150
Bassin de Río Copán
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 across 2 countries : Camotán, Copán Ruinas, Esquipulas, La Unión, Santa Rita
Sub-basin area
168,3km²
Upstream area
607,5km²
Discharge
12,41m³/s
Mean elev.
867m
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°
22,4°C
Annual rain
1 474mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
644mm/an
PET
1 571mm
AET
1 115mm
Mean slope
12,4°
Water table
447cm
Forest
2%
Crops
46%
Urban
6%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)