HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080226250
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
733km²
Upstream area
6 053,6km²
Discharge
88,09m³/s
Mean elev.
356m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Maicuru532 km²
- Bassin de Rio Maicuru361 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 683.9 km²93.7% of basin
- 45.8 km²6.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Floresta Estadual Do Paru
IUCN VIForest
729.75 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 17 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
1 738mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,06
Runoff
436mm/an
PET
1 625mm
AET
1 250mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
199cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)