HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080011330
Bassin de Rio Botafogo
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 9 administrative regions : Abreu e Lima, Araçoiaba, Goiana, Igarassu, Ilha de Itamaracá +4
Sub-basin area
524,1km²
Upstream area
524,1km²
Discharge
15,21m³/s
Mean elev.
84m
Administrative coverage
9 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 139.7 km²26.8% of basin
- 105.9 km²20.3% of basin
- 77.5 km²14.8% of basin
- 59.2 km²11.3% of basin
- Goiana59.0 km²11.3% of basin
- 58.4 km²11.2% of basin
- 16.2 km²3.1% of basin
- 3.8 km²0.7% of basin
1 moreFull L2 list
- Tracunhaém2.3 km² · 0.4%
10 intersecting protected areas
Environmental Protection Area
122.09 km² overlap
Environmental Protection Area
89.56 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
2.90 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
2.77 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
0.60 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
0.53 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
0.33 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
0.21 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
0.17 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Wildlife Refuge
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 158 distinct species · 7 468 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Rio Botafogo : 25 espèces reliées par 63 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 12.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,8°C
Annual rain
1 703mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
741mm/an
PET
1 550mm
AET
1 117mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
179cm
Forest
14%
Crops
37%
Urban
3%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)