HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080376970
Bassin de Riacho Baixão do Deserto
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 : Parambu, Pimenteiras, Pio IX
Sub-basin area
1 522,8km²
Upstream area
1 522,8km²
Discharge
2,95m³/s
Mean elev.
619m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1415.1 km²93.3% of basin
- 99.0 km²6.5% of basin
- 2.2 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
52 distinct species · 72 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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
771mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
58mm/an
PET
1 657mm
AET
652mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
586cm
Forest
2%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)