HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080009500
Bassin · #6080009500
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 : Icatu, Morros
Sub-basin area
422,3km²
Upstream area
422,3km²
Discharge
14,27m³/s
Mean elev.
42m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 386.0 km²91.8% of basin
- 34.4 km²8.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Environmental Protection Area
420.39 km² overlap
Extractive Reserve
32.52 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
27.90 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
70 distinct species · 121 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 769mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,10
Runoff
1 066mm/an
PET
1 588mm
AET
1 072mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
27cm
Forest
23%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)