HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080009440
Bassin · #6080009440
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 : Axixá, Icatu, Rosário
Sub-basin area
77,6km²
Upstream area
77,6km²
Discharge
1,73m³/s
Mean elev.
19m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 39.0 km²50.5% of basin
- 35.7 km²46.3% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Environmental Protection Area
77.23 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
59.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 16 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°
27,1°C
Annual rain
1 769mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,10
Runoff
967mm/an
PET
1 594mm
AET
1 091mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
34cm
Forest
83%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)