HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080451980
Bassin de Rio São Francisco
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 : Floresta, Rodelas
Sub-basin area
83,2km²
Upstream area
590 959,1km²
Discharge
2 533,65m³/s
Mean elev.
365m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Riacho São Francisco516 km²
- Bassin de Rio Pajeú343 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 64.5 km²77.9% of basin
- Floresta18.3 km²22.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 13 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
422mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,75
Runoff
119mm/an
PET
1 700mm
AET
355mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
404cm
Forest
3%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)