HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080349510
Bassin de Rio Xingu
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 : Altamira, São Félix do Xingu
Sub-basin area
21,5km²
Upstream area
3 550,8km²
Discharge
62,72m³/s
Mean elev.
183m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Igarapé Bom Jardim831 km²
- Bassin de Igarapé Bom Jardim342 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 11.4 km²53.0% of basin
- 10.1 km²47.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Araweté Igarapé Ipixuna
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
13.42 km² overlap
Extractive Reserve
6.85 km² overlap
Apyterewa
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
2.54 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
25,1°C
Annual rain
1 814mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,03
Runoff
560mm/an
PET
1 768mm
AET
1 265mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
79cm
Forest
72%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)