HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080208180
Bassin de Rio Paru
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 1 administrative regions : Almeirim
Sub-basin area
942,5km²
Upstream area
22 463,3km²
Discharge
325,13m³/s
Mean elev.
341m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Paru286 km²
- Bassin de Rio Paru52 km²
3 intersecting protected areas
Reserva Biológica De Maicuru
IUCN IaBiological Reserve
486.86 km² overlap
Floresta Estadual Do Paru
IUCN VIForest
442.94 km² overlap
Rio Paru D'Este
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
25.32 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
25,3°C
Annual rain
2 234mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,28
Runoff
582mm/an
PET
1 618mm
AET
1 367mm
Mean slope
5,5°
Water table
201cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)