HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080011390
Bassin de Rio Pirapama
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 : Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Escada, Ipojuca, Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Moreno +4
Sub-basin area
1 019km²
Upstream area
1 019,2km²
Discharge
26,01m³/s
Mean elev.
126m
Administrative coverage
9 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 366.6 km²36.1% of basin
- 228.5 km²22.5% of basin
- 177.1 km²17.5% of basin
- 92.6 km²9.1% of basin
- 70.5 km²6.9% of basin
- 46.3 km²4.6% of basin
- 20.2 km²2.0% of basin
- 9.0 km²0.9% of basin
1 moreFull L2 list
- Recife3.9 km² · 0.4%
14 intersecting protected areas
Wildlife Refuge
13.48 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
9.86 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
5.32 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
3.56 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
2.63 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
2.59 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
2.27 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
1.64 km² overlap
Park
1.38 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Wildlife Refuge
1.31 km² overlap
Ecological Station
0.80 km² overlap
Wildlife Refuge
0.63 km² overlap
Park
0.61 km² overlap
Natural Heritage Private Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 247 distinct species · 3 954 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 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 Pirapama : 33 espèces reliées par 63 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 6.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
1 559mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,13
Runoff
757mm/an
PET
1 328mm
AET
1 005mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
166cm
Forest
8%
Crops
31%
Urban
15%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)