HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080438400
Bassin de Riacho Alegre
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 : Lagoa Grande, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria da Boa Vista
Sub-basin area
9,5km²
Upstream area
1 977,8km²
Discharge
4,94m³/s
Mean elev.
412m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Riacho Fortaleza427 km²
- Bassin de Riacho São Domingos171 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Santa Cruz4.9 km²51.9% of basin
- Lagoa Grande4.5 km²47.9% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 7 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
549mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,70
Runoff
133mm/an
PET
1 839mm
AET
463mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
115cm
Forest
40%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)