HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080216130
Bassin de Río Taraira
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Japurá, Pacoa, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Taraira
Sub-basin area
734,5km²
Upstream area
734,5km²
Discharge
48,56m³/s
Mean elev.
165m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 365.1 km²49.9% of basin
- 349.3 km²47.8% of basin
- 12.9 km²1.8% of basin
- 4.0 km²0.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Alto Rio Negro
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
413.98 km² overlap
Yaigojé Apaporis
IUCN IINational Natural Park
247.22 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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
3 125mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,49
Runoff
2 096mm/an
PET
1 597mm
AET
1 597mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
25cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
89%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)