HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080310850
Bassin · #6080310850
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 : Alto Alegre do Maranhão, Coroatá, Peritoró
Sub-basin area
368,5km²
Upstream area
368,5km²
Discharge
4,44m³/s
Mean elev.
86m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 292.3 km²79.7% of basin
- 52.2 km²14.2% of basin
- 22.3 km²6.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
37 distinct species · 77 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°
27,1°C
Annual rain
1 436mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
376mm/an
PET
1 781mm
AET
1 050mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
109cm
Forest
85%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)