HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080214750
Bassin de Rio Maicuru
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 : Alenquer, Almeirim, Monte Alegre
Sub-basin area
2 289,6km²
Upstream area
2 289,6km²
Discharge
34,9m³/s
Mean elev.
441m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2232.1 km²97.9% of basin
- 25.4 km²1.1% of basin
- 21.9 km²1.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Ecological Station
1302.99 km² overlap
Rio Paru D'Este
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
532.92 km² overlap
Reserva Biológica De Maicuru
IUCN IaBiological Reserve
433.00 km² overlap
Floresta Estadual Do Paru
IUCN VIForest
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 6 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
2 046mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,20
Runoff
482mm/an
PET
1 630mm
AET
1 332mm
Mean slope
6,8°
Water table
255cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)