HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080363730
Bassin de Rio Parnaíba
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 : Palmeirais, São Francisco do Maranhão
Sub-basin area
14,3km²
Upstream area
230 318,6km²
Discharge
711,98m³/s
Mean elev.
121m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Parnaíba931 km²
- Bassin de Riacho da Candonga376 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 9.3 km²65.4% of basin
- 4.9 km²34.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 7 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°
27,1°C
Annual rain
1 282mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
223mm/an
PET
1 850mm
AET
1 020mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
150cm
Forest
0%
Crops
7%
Urban
8%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)