HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080291280
Bassin · #6080291280
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 : Bom Jardim, São João do Carú
Sub-basin area
169,9km²
Upstream area
1 401,6km²
Discharge
15,61m³/s
Mean elev.
95m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080292270635 km²
- Bassin · #6080292560596 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 119.5 km²70.6% of basin
- 49.6 km²29.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Caru
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
119.42 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
1 712mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,02
Runoff
424mm/an
PET
1 748mm
AET
1 153mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
57cm
Forest
73%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
71%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)