HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080177360
Bassin · #6080177360
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 : Caracaraí, Iracema
Sub-basin area
550,5km²
Upstream area
550,7km²
Discharge
11,02m³/s
Mean elev.
79m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 351.7 km²64.2% of basin
- 196.4 km²35.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
139.40 km² overlap
Estação Ecológica De Niquiá
IUCN IaEcological Station
41.79 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
25 distinct species · 51 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°
27,1°C
Annual rain
1 755mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,00
Runoff
631mm/an
PET
1 760mm
AET
1 211mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
50cm
Forest
95%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
75%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)