HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080246250
Bassin de Rio Parauaquara
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 : Almeirim, Prainha
Sub-basin area
1 595,2km²
Upstream area
5 283 961km²
Discharge
193 092,98m³/s
Mean elev.
149m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Jauaru715 km²
- Bassin de Igarapé do Boritizal422 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1003.6 km²63.2% of basin
- 584.5 km²36.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Floresta Estadual Do Paru
IUCN VIForest
137.90 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
25 distinct species · 34 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°
26,5°C
Annual rain
1 748mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
630mm/an
PET
1 630mm
AET
1 231mm
Mean slope
4,1°
Water table
183cm
Forest
92%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)