HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080314620
Bassin de Rio Groaíras
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 : Catunda, Santa Quitéria
Sub-basin area
559,6km²
Upstream area
901,1km²
Discharge
1,65m³/s
Mean elev.
324m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Groaíras178 km²
- Bassin de Riacho do Brasil164 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 454.6 km²81.6% of basin
- 102.6 km²18.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
62 distinct species · 95 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
599mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
83mm/an
PET
1 675mm
AET
508mm
Mean slope
3,4°
Water table
188cm
Forest
25%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)