HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080216240
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 2 administrative regions : Alenquer, Monte Alegre
Sub-basin area
611,2km²
Upstream area
611,2km²
Discharge
8,94m³/s
Mean elev.
420m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 579.2 km²95.2% of basin
- 29.3 km²4.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Floresta Estadual Do Paru
IUCN VIForest
470.63 km² overlap
Ecological Station
137.84 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 977mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,17
Runoff
462mm/an
PET
1 632mm
AET
1 327mm
Mean slope
7,6°
Water table
225cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)