HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080312100
Bassin de Rio Parnaíba
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 : Caxias, Coelho Neto, Miguel Alves, União
Sub-basin area
139,2km²
Upstream area
295 013,5km²
Discharge
922,54m³/s
Mean elev.
72m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Parnaíba727 km²
- Bassin de Rio Parnaíba260 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 67.1 km²48.4% of basin
- 65.3 km²47.1% of basin
- 5.9 km²4.2% of basin
- 0.3 km²0.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 43 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 611mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
350mm/an
PET
1 858mm
AET
1 082mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
151cm
Forest
60%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)