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
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
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)