HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080469700
Bassin de Riacho Vermelho
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 : Monte Alegre do Piauí, Riacho Frio
Sub-basin area
111,7km²
Upstream area
3 801,9km²
Discharge
18,35m³/s
Mean elev.
366m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Riacho do Contrato1174 km²
- Bassin de Rio Gurguéia853 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 82.1 km²73.8% of basin
- 29.1 km²26.2% 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
1 088mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
178mm/an
PET
1 936mm
AET
920mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
220cm
Forest
30%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)