HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080883030
Bassin de Río San Carlos
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 across 2 countries : San Carlos, Sarapiquí
Sub-basin area
279,1km²
Upstream area
3 232,8km²
Discharge
178,18m³/s
Mean elev.
86m
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°
25,7°C
Annual rain
3 634mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,57
Runoff
2 118mm/an
PET
1 562mm
AET
1 510mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
172cm
Forest
60%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)