HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080007130
Bassin · #6080007130
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, Chaves
Sub-basin area
447,1km²
Upstream area
447,1km²
Discharge
7,96m³/s
Mean elev.
14m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 262.0 km²58.9% of basin
- 183.1 km²41.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Environmental Protection Area
411.38 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
20.50 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 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°
27,0°C
Annual rain
3 281mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,53
Runoff
1 552mm/an
PET
1 532mm
AET
1 341mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
13cm
Forest
86%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
92%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)