HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080268180
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 3 administrative regions : Barcelos, Codajás, Novo Airão
Sub-basin area
1 250,4km²
Upstream area
2 808,1km²
Discharge
135,01m³/s
Mean elev.
60m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Jau424 km²
- Bassin de Rio Jau67 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1164.6 km²93.6% of basin
- 58.5 km²4.7% of basin
- 21.8 km²1.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Parque Nacional Do Jaú
IUCN IIPark
1194.39 km² overlap
Central Amazon Conservation Complex
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1194.24 km² overlap
Rio Negro
IUCN IbWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1192.57 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 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°
26,6°C
Annual rain
2 635mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,37
Runoff
1 466mm/an
PET
1 653mm
AET
1 615mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
4cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
96%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)