HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080404390
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 3 administrative regions : Benedito Leite, São Félix de Balsas, Uruçuí
Sub-basin area
438,7km²
Upstream area
35 823,9km²
Discharge
247,07m³/s
Mean elev.
283m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Riacho da Volta2351 km²
- Bassin de Rio Parnaíba9 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 227.8 km²52.1% of basin
- 156.9 km²35.9% of basin
- 52.2 km²11.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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 073mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
215mm/an
PET
1 841mm
AET
907mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
310cm
Forest
17%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)