Lempa River basin

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river basin watershed

The Lempa River basin is a major Central American watershed, primarily in El Salvador, that drains a large region into the Pacific Ocean and supports significant agriculture, hydropower, and urban populations.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Lempa River watershed 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river basin ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
countryWithLargestShare El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainsInto Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClimate tropical climate ⓘ
hasEconomicImportanceFor El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue deforestation in upper catchments ⓘ
flood risk in lower basin ⓘ
sedimentation in reservoirs ⓘ
water pollution from agriculture ⓘ
water pollution from urban wastewater ⓘ
hasHydropowerRoleIn El Salvador electricity generation ⓘ
hasLandUse cropland ⓘ
forest ⓘ
pasture ⓘ
urban areas ⓘ
hasMainRiver Lempa River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasManagementChallenge balancing agricultural water use and urban supply ⓘ
balancing hydropower and environmental flows ⓘ
transboundary coordination among riparian states ⓘ
hasOutflow Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiskFrom climate variability ⓘ
droughts ⓘ
extreme rainfall events ⓘ
isKeyWaterSourceFor San Salvador metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
isSubjectOf integrated water resources management planning ⓘ
transboundary water management initiatives ⓘ
locatedIn Central America NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorPartLocatedIn El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ
partlyLocatedIn Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportsEcosystem riparian ecosystems ⓘ
tropical dry forests ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
supportsPopulationType rural populations ⓘ
urban populations ⓘ
supportsSector agriculture ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ
hydropower ⓘ
urban water supply ⓘ
transboundaryWith Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor drinking water supply ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Celaque massif → drainageBasin → Lempa River basin ⓘ
Acelhuate River basin → emptiesInto → Lempa River basin ⓘ
Acelhuate River → partOf → Lempa River basin ⓘ
Acelhuate River basin → partOf → Lempa River basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lempa River watershed