HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080260810
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 1 administrative regions : Novo Airão
Sub-basin area
1 719,6km²
Upstream area
4 799,4km²
Discharge
232,43m³/s
Mean elev.
56m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Jau1250 km²
- Bassin de Rio Jau272 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1712.0 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Central Amazon Conservation Complex
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1711.95 km² overlap
Parque Nacional Do Jaú
IUCN IIPark
1711.95 km² overlap
Rio Negro
IUCN IbWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1711.95 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 8 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°
26,7°C
Annual rain
2 665mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,38
Runoff
1 521mm/an
PET
1 653mm
AET
1 618mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
3cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)