HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080412310
Bassin de Riacho Capim Grosso
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 : Paes Landim, Socorro do Piauí, São Miguel do Fidalgo
Sub-basin area
389,6km²
Upstream area
389,9km²
Discharge
0,54m³/s
Mean elev.
262m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 222.0 km²57.2% of basin
- 107.9 km²27.8% of basin
- 58.2 km²15.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
26,9°C
Annual rain
742mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
44mm/an
PET
1 986mm
AET
626mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
456cm
Forest
97%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)