HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080340030
Bassin · #6080340030
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, Buritirana, João Lisboa, Senador La Rocque
Sub-basin area
487,2km²
Upstream area
2 198,7km²
Discharge
21,66m³/s
Mean elev.
242m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #6080346350756 km²
- Bassin · #6080346340340 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 256.2 km²52.8% of basin
- 166.9 km²34.4% of basin
- 61.9 km²12.8% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
25,7°C
Annual rain
1 287mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
326mm/an
PET
1 852mm
AET
1 041mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
196cm
Forest
10%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)