HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080292560
Bassin · #6080292560
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 : Bom Jardim, Centro Novo do Maranhão, São João do Carú
Sub-basin area
596,3km²
Upstream area
596,3km²
Discharge
6,1m³/s
Mean elev.
175m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 593.7 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Caru
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
361.41 km² overlap
Reserva Biológica Do Gurupi
IUCN IaBiological Reserve
203.64 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
1 623mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
332mm/an
PET
1 747mm
AET
1 119mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
182cm
Forest
77%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)