HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080435010
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 2 administrative regions : Santa Filomena, Tasso Fragoso
Sub-basin area
38,9km²
Upstream area
21 896,5km²
Discharge
196,82m³/s
Mean elev.
297m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Riacho Marcelino986 km²
- Bassin de Riacho Vargem Grande802 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 24.8 km²64.0% of basin
- 13.9 km²36.0% 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°
26,3°C
Annual rain
1 215mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
318mm/an
PET
1 868mm
AET
1 027mm
Mean slope
4,5°
Water table
212cm
Forest
17%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)