HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080219200
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
530,8km²
Upstream area
4 013km²
Discharge
60,7m³/s
Mean elev.
394m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Maicuru611 km²
- Bassin de Rio Maicuru36 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 515.6 km²97.6% of basin
- 12.8 km²2.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Floresta Estadual Do Paru
IUCN VIForest
527.85 km² overlap
Ecological Station
0.56 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 5 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
1 904mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,14
Runoff
464mm/an
PET
1 629mm
AET
1 307mm
Mean slope
7,8°
Water table
226cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)