HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080310950
Bassin · #6080310950
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 : Alto Alegre do Maranhão, Peritoró
Sub-basin area
53,6km²
Upstream area
940,1km²
Discharge
9,91m³/s
Mean elev.
55m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080312880689 km²
- Bassin · #6080312780197 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 32.7 km²61.3% of basin
- 20.7 km²38.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
1 467mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
395mm/an
PET
1 782mm
AET
1 059mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
29cm
Forest
35%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)