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Sediment Carried by the Río Motagua in July 1999
Water samples were taken from the Río Motagua at a point near the village of
El Cimarrón, outside the town of Pachalum. This study by Kim C. Walton measured the sediment load in the upper portion of the Río Motagua.
Days with Little or No Rain
| Metric weights
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| 3.7 kg/sec
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to
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9.6 kg/sec
|
| 222 kg/min
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to
|
576 kg/min
|
| 13,320 kg/hr
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to
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34,560 kg/hr
|
| 319,680 kg/24 hrs
|
to
|
829,440 kg/24 hrs
|
| English weights
|
| 8 lbs/sec
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to
|
21 lbs/sec
|
| 489 lbs/min
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to
|
1,270 lbs/min
|
| 29,365 lbs/hr
|
to
|
76,191 lbs/hr
|
| 704,762 lbs/24 hrs
|
to
|
1,828,571 lbs/24 hrs
|
|
|
| 15 tons/hr
|
to
|
38 tons/hr
|
| 352 tons/24 hrs
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to
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914 tons/24 hrs
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Days with Moderate to High Rainfall
| Metric weights
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| 460 kg/sec
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to
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1,312 kg/sec
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| 27,600 kg/min
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to
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78,720 kg/min
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| 1,656,000 kg/hr
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to
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4,723,200 kg/hr
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| 39,744,000 kg/24hrs
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to
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113,356,800 kg/24 hrs
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| English weights
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| 1,014 lbs/sec
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to
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2,892 lbs/sec
|
| 6,0847 lbs/min
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to
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173,544 lbs/min
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| 3,650,793 lbs/hr
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to
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10,412,640 lbs/hr
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| 87,619,041 lbs/24 hrs
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to
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249,903,360 lbs/24 hrs
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|
|
| 1,825 tons/hr
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to
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5,206 tons/hr
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| 43,810 tons/24hrs
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to
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124,952 tons/24 hrs
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Equivalents
1 pound = .4536 kilograms 1 ton (US) = 2000 pounds
Results of the research presented in Rio Motagua: Baseline Suspended Sediment
Study, July 1999 by Kim C. Walton.
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