HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080351200
Bassin de Rio Mearim
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 3 administrative regions : Barra do Corda, Grajaú, Jenipapo dos Vieiras
Sub-basin area
632km²
Upstream area
6 121,9km²
Discharge
58,45m³/s
Mean elev.
203m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Mearim2702 km²
- Bassin de Riacho Enjeitado731 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 349.4 km²55.5% of basin
- 153.0 km²24.3% of basin
- 126.9 km²20.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Cana Brava/Guajajara
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
364.79 km² overlap
Bacurizinho
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 42 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°
26,2°C
Annual rain
1 119mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
245mm/an
PET
1 825mm
AET
919mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
172cm
Forest
89%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
58%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)