HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080250730
Bassin de Rio Jau
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 : Barcelos, Novo Airão
Sub-basin area
497,1km²
Upstream area
18 896,6km²
Discharge
869,24m³/s
Mean elev.
44m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Carabinani1719 km²
- Bassin de Rio Jau778 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 344.7 km²69.7% of basin
- 150.1 km²30.3% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Rio Negro
IUCN IbWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
438.96 km² overlap
Park
287.46 km² overlap
Parque Nacional Do Jaú
IUCN IIPark
151.18 km² overlap
Central Amazon Conservation Complex
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
148.48 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
653 distinct species · 12 181 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Rio Jau : 20 espèces reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,0°C
Annual rain
2 454mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,32
Runoff
1 275mm/an
PET
1 660mm
AET
1 534mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
18cm
Forest
74%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
89%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)