HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080269830
Bassin de Rio Gurupi
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 : Centro Novo do Maranhão, Paragominas
Sub-basin area
167,2km²
Upstream area
20 634,5km²
Discharge
249,42m³/s
Mean elev.
76m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Igarapé Grande939 km²
- Bassin de Rio Gurupi933 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 84.0 km²50.5% of basin
- 82.4 km²49.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Alto Turiaçu
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
82.77 km² overlap
Alto Rio Guamá
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
66.54 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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
1 971mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,13
Runoff
595mm/an
PET
1 711mm
AET
1 253mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
30cm
Forest
98%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
90%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)