HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080325430
Bassin · #6080325430
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 3 administrative regions : Amarante do Maranhão, Açailândia, Bom Jesus das Selvas
Sub-basin area
604,3km²
Upstream area
4 599,1km²
Discharge
35,1m³/s
Mean elev.
247m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080333470596 km²
- Bassin · #6080333460567 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 286.6 km²47.6% of basin
- 197.2 km²32.8% of basin
- 117.9 km²19.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
1 280mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
256mm/an
PET
1 819mm
AET
1 005mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
264cm
Forest
39%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)