HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080290410
Bassin de Riacho Contendas
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 5 administrative regions : Alcântaras, Massapê, Meruoca, Santana do Acaraú, Senador Sá
Sub-basin area
478,8km²
Upstream area
478,9km²
Discharge
5,14m³/s
Mean elev.
259m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,2°C
Annual rain
1 157mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
335mm/an
PET
1 854mm
AET
865mm
Mean slope
6,4°
Water table
258cm
Forest
89%
Crops
18%
Urban
2%
Protected
21%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)