HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080008900
Bassin · #6080008900
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 : Bacuri, Cururupu, Serrano do Maranhão
Sub-basin area
213,3km²
Upstream area
213,3km²
Discharge
8,27m³/s
Mean elev.
20m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 127.0 km²59.8% of basin
- 85.2 km²40.1% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Environmental Protection Area
212.35 km² overlap
Reentrancias Maranhenses
IUCN VWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
212.35 km² overlap
Extractive Reserve
62.89 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 9 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
1 622mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
1 064mm/an
PET
1 510mm
AET
1 006mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
23cm
Forest
43%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)