HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080333460
Bassin · #6080333460
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 4 administrative regions : Amarante do Maranhão, Açailândia, João Lisboa, São Francisco do Brejão
Sub-basin area
566,8km²
Upstream area
567km²
Discharge
3,46m³/s
Mean elev.
282m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 267.3 km²47.4% of basin
- 229.9 km²40.7% of basin
- 66.9 km²11.9% of basin
- 0.3 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
21 distinct species · 37 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 295mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
295mm/an
PET
1 824mm
AET
1 021mm
Mean slope
4,5°
Water table
247cm
Forest
31%
Crops
23%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)