HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080325560
Bassin de Rio Bacajá
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 : Anapu, Senador José Porfírio, São Félix do Xingu
Sub-basin area
1 239,7km²
Upstream area
14 040,8km²
Discharge
217,63m³/s
Mean elev.
184m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Pacajá1559 km²
- Bassin de Rio Pacajá464 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 639.4 km²51.8% of basin
- 583.1 km²47.2% of basin
- 11.8 km²1.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Trincheira Bacaja
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
1234.33 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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
1 811mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,05
Runoff
513mm/an
PET
1 717mm
AET
1 211mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
61cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)