HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080008970
Bassin · #6080008970
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 : Cururupu, Porto Rico do Maranhão
Sub-basin area
216,3km²
Upstream area
216,3km²
Discharge
7,55m³/s
Mean elev.
20m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 207.3 km²96.3% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Environmental Protection Area
215.37 km² overlap
Reentrancias Maranhenses
IUCN VWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
215.37 km² overlap
Extractive Reserve
34.54 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 13 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 661mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
1 012mm/an
PET
1 519mm
AET
1 005mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
16cm
Forest
65%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)