HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080216030
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 1 administrative regions : Monte Alegre
Sub-basin area
35,5km²
Upstream area
2 870,8km²
Discharge
44,19m³/s
Mean elev.
366m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Maicuru2290 km²
- Bassin de Rio Maicuru546 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 35.3 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Floresta Estadual Do Paru
IUCN VIForest
24.00 km² overlap
Ecological Station
11.22 km² overlap
Reserva Biológica De Maicuru
IUCN IaBiological Reserve
0.08 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
1 927mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,15
Runoff
479mm/an
PET
1 634mm
AET
1 314mm
Mean slope
6,7°
Water table
235cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)