HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080346350
Bassin · #6080346350
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 : Amarante do Maranhão, Buritirana
Sub-basin area
755,7km²
Upstream area
756,1km²
Discharge
7,33m³/s
Mean elev.
258m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 752.0 km²99.9% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Governador
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
97.00 km² overlap
Krikati
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
13.20 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
26 distinct species · 27 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
1 316mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
382mm/an
PET
1 862mm
AET
1 066mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
160cm
Forest
27%
Crops
2%
Urban
1%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)