HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080343760
Bassin de Riacho Esquesito
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 : Buriti dos Montes, Crateús, Novo Oriente, São Miguel do Tapuio
Sub-basin area
304,2km²
Upstream area
304,2km²
Discharge
0,58m³/s
Mean elev.
599m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 195.6 km²64.6% of basin
- 104.0 km²34.3% of basin
- 3.1 km²1.0% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 6 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
885mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
62mm/an
PET
1 673mm
AET
742mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
399cm
Forest
27%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)