HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080013750
Bassin de Rio Paraíba do Sul
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 : Campos dos Goytacazes, São Francisco de Itabapoana, São João da Barra
Sub-basin area
1 344,6km²
Upstream area
57 234,2km²
Discharge
753,12m³/s
Mean elev.
17m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Campos dos GoytacazesRio de Janeiro · Brazil767.9 km²57.3% of basin
- São Francisco de ItabapoanaRio de Janeiro · Brazil376.3 km²28.1% of basin
- São João da BarraRio de Janeiro · Brazil196.3 km²14.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Wildlife Refuge
14.61 km² overlap
Environmental Protection Area
0.02 km² overlap
Environmental Protection Area
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 592 distinct species · 7 298 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 Paraíba do Sul : 40 espèces reliées par 55 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 5.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
23,3°C
Annual rain
1 039mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
173mm/an
PET
1 441mm
AET
879mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
47cm
Forest
2%
Crops
31%
Urban
7%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)