HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080149540
Bassin de Rio Cassiporé
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 : Calçoene, Oiapoque
Sub-basin area
628,8km²
Upstream area
4 698,6km²
Discharge
305,69m³/s
Mean elev.
47m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Varador576 km²
- Bassin de Rio Cassiporé137 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 442.3 km²70.7% of basin
- 183.7 km²29.3% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Floresta Estadual Do Amapá
IUCN VIForest
331.28 km² overlap
Park
202.18 km² overlap
Uaça
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
47 distinct species · 86 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°
26,0°C
Annual rain
3 368mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,52
Runoff
2 182mm/an
PET
1 621mm
AET
1 372mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
37cm
Forest
97%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
69%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)