HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080314450
Bassin de Riacho dos Bois
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 : Canindé, Santa Quitéria
Sub-basin area
384,2km²
Upstream area
384,4km²
Discharge
0,91m³/s
Mean elev.
354m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 373.7 km²97.7% of basin
- 8.8 km²2.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
711mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,57
Runoff
85mm/an
PET
1 647mm
AET
600mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
235cm
Forest
41%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)