HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080007220
Bassin · #6080007220
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 : Chaves, Santa Cruz do Arari
Sub-basin area
217,1km²
Upstream area
217,1km²
Discharge
11,03m³/s
Mean elev.
5m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 196.8 km²91.1% of basin
- 19.3 km²8.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Environmental Protection Area
213.78 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
27,2°C
Annual rain
3 062mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,50
Runoff
1 547mm/an
PET
1 530mm
AET
1 288mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
5cm
Forest
17%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)