HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080414720
Bassin de Rio Xingu
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 1 administrative regions : São Félix do Xingu
Sub-basin area
338,4km²
Upstream area
196 792,8km²
Discharge
3 662,21m³/s
Mean elev.
293m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Igarapé do Capinzinho336 km²
- Bassin de Rio Xingu80 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 336.9 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Kayapó
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
240.67 km² overlap
Menkragnotí
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
76.88 km² overlap
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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
2 103mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,10
Runoff
647mm/an
PET
1 889mm
AET
1 363mm
Mean slope
5,7°
Water table
268cm
Forest
87%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
94%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)