HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080461030
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 3 administrative regions : Alto Parnaíba, Gilbués, Santa Filomena
Sub-basin area
589,1km²
Upstream area
6 696,6km²
Discharge
51,29m³/s
Mean elev.
424m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Parnaíba701 km²
- Bassin de Rio Parnaíba20 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 350.9 km²59.8% of basin
- 235.2 km²40.1% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Park
92.14 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 26 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
1 481mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
285mm/an
PET
1 885mm
AET
1 133mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
300cm
Forest
32%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
16%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)