HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080381740
Bassin de Rio Ipixuna
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 : Canutama, Humaitá, Tapauá
Sub-basin area
968,4km²
Upstream area
6 843km²
Discharge
146,67m³/s
Mean elev.
71m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Ipixuna4754 km²
- Bassin de Igarapé Acará1120 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 585.0 km²60.7% of basin
- 296.5 km²30.7% of basin
- 82.8 km²8.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Floresta Estadual De Tapauá
IUCN VIForest
339.93 km² overlap
Forest
169.69 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
2 350mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,27
Runoff
766mm/an
PET
1 705mm
AET
1 429mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
16cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
50%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)