Balsa RivDIS Summary

Gauging Station - Data Summary

Station: Balsa Continent: North America
River: Grande de Tarcoles Major Basin : Pacific Ocean
Country: Costa Rica Discharge into :
Observation Period: 1965 - 1979 Total Months: 176
Latitude (dec deg): 9.93 N Area (km2): 1638
Longitude (dec deg): 84.46 W Elevation (m): 267
Annual Discharge: (m3/s): 81.5 (km3/yr): 2.5
Annual Runoff: (l/s/km2): 49.3 (mm/yr): 1555.7
Mean for Observation Period
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
m3/sec 47.7 46.0 41.0 52.3 79.5 113.6 93.7 92.8 120.6 128.7 92.1 60.0
km3/mo 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
mm/mo 78.0 68.0 67.0 82.7 130.0 179.7 153.3 151.7 190.9 210.5 145.8 98.2
l/s/km2 29.1 28.1 25.0 31.9 48.5 69.3 57.2 56.7 73.6 78.6 56.2 36.7