HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080007060
Bassin · #6080007060
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 2 administrative regions : Afuá, Breves
Sub-basin area
744,6km²
Upstream area
744,6km²
Discharge
2,83m³/s
Mean elev.
19m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 741.2 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Environmental Protection Area
717.10 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.22 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 17 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,9°C
Annual rain
2 864mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,43
Runoff
1 335mm/an
PET
1 640mm
AET
1 514mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
13cm
Forest
99%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
97%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)