HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080324320
Bassin · #6080324320
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 : Amarante do Maranhão, Bom Jesus das Selvas
Sub-basin area
1 822,7km²
Upstream area
1 822,7km²
Discharge
14,22m³/s
Mean elev.
277m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1395.7 km²76.9% of basin
- 419.1 km²23.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Arariboia
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
894.08 km² overlap
Governador
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
157.44 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 21 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
1 258mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
273mm/an
PET
1 826mm
AET
1 009mm
Mean slope
3,9°
Water table
269cm
Forest
75%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
58%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)