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Belize has a total of 18 major river catchments with another 16 sub-catchments which drain the Maya Mountains and discharge into the Caribbean Sea. Sixteen principal watersheds have been identified which are roughly grouped into six main watershed regions based on general characteristics of topography, geology, soils, rainfall and land use. The ...
Rivers of Belize / rivers of Strahler orders 4 and 5 labelled / via WWF and Natural Earth base maps. These are the main rivers of Belize.Belize has a total of 35 major and minor river catchments or watersheds which drain into the Caribbean Sea.
The oceans drain approximately 83% of the land in the world. The other 17% – an area larger than the basin of the Arctic Ocean – drains to internal endorheic basins. There are also substantial areas of the world that do not "drain" in the commonly understood sense.
Regional map of Belize, with Dangriga in Stann Creek District depicted. Dangriga Belize is a southeastern coastal town in the Stann Creek District, one of Belize’s six districts. [143] This area is heavily populated by the Garinagu as a result of deportation from the island St. Vincent in the eighteenth century.
It empties into the Caribbean Sea, south of Belize City. The Sibun River Watershed features several vegetation types, including tropical evergreen seasonal mixed needle forest, broadleaf forest, mangroves, and agriculture. [4] The Sibun Watershed Association is a local organization focused on environmental issues within the watershed.
Lower Macal watershed. The Macal River winds through large expanses of primary and secondary growth broadleaf tropical forest, including a substantial tract of the Chiquibul Forest Reserve and National Park [3] The watershed consists of closed canopy upland forests as well as a fertile floodplain, which is often overgrown with dense jungle vegetation trailing into the verges of the river itself.
Belize's total size is 22,966 km 2 (8,867 sq mi), of which 22,806 km 2 (8,805 sq mi) is land and 160 km 2 (62 sq mi) is water. Belize is the only country in Central America without a Pacific coastline.
The combined Mopan River/Belize River watershed contains 11% of the population of the Peten District in Guatemala and 45% of the population of Belize. [4] These populations depend on the river for drinking water and other domestic uses; however, water quality is degraded from sediment, nutrient loading, untreated sewage discharge, pesticides and other toxins.