HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080343020
Bassin de Riacho Independência
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 : Crateús, Independência
Sub-basin area
77km²
Upstream area
1 467,1km²
Discharge
1,11m³/s
Mean elev.
317m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 57.4 km²74.9% of basin
- 19.2 km²25.1% 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
725mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
44mm/an
PET
1 721mm
AET
613mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
114cm
Forest
1%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)