HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080008390
Bassin de Rio Maracanã
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 3 administrative regions : Maracanã, Salinópolis, São João de Pirabas
Sub-basin area
93km²
Upstream area
3 206,3km²
Discharge
156,56m³/s
Mean elev.
19m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Maracanã283 km²
- Bassin de Rio Chocoaré204 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 42.2 km²45.6% of basin
- 34.4 km²37.2% of basin
- 16.0 km²17.3% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
40.24 km² overlap
Extractive Reserve
22.53 km² overlap
Extractive Reserve
16.87 km² overlap
Extractive Reserve
1.67 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
2 765mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,41
Runoff
1 722mm/an
PET
1 632mm
AET
1 239mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
29cm
Forest
64%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
19%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)