HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080356920
Bassin de Rio São Nicolau
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 : Santa Cruz dos Milagres, São João da Serra, São Miguel do Tapuio
Sub-basin area
477,5km²
Upstream area
5 408,7km²
Discharge
18,48m³/s
Mean elev.
167m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio São Nicolau875 km²
- Bassin de Riacho da Serra Negra689 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 294.1 km²61.9% of basin
- 160.1 km²33.7% of basin
- 21.2 km²4.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
26,6°C
Annual rain
1 146mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
153mm/an
PET
1 854mm
AET
913mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
180cm
Forest
13%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)