HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080398320
Bassin de Rio das Balsas
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 : Benedito Leite, São Félix de Balsas
Sub-basin area
488km²
Upstream area
24 977,3km²
Discharge
221,42m³/s
Mean elev.
265m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio das Balsas934 km²
- Bassin de Rio das Balsas271 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 437.1 km²89.9% of basin
- 48.9 km²10.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 11 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 084mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
197mm/an
PET
1 833mm
AET
916mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
287cm
Forest
10%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)