HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080301220
Bassin de Rio Aracatiaçu
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 4 administrative regions : Canindé, Irauçuba, Santa Quitéria, Sobral
Sub-basin area
359km²
Upstream area
359km²
Discharge
1,15m³/s
Mean elev.
265m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 320.9 km²89.8% of basin
- 33.9 km²9.5% of basin
- 2.1 km²0.6% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
666mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
121mm/an
PET
1 704mm
AET
564mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
261cm
Forest
29%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)