HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080470060
Bassin de Rio Xingu
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 Cruz do Xingu, São Félix do Xingu
Sub-basin area
369,1km²
Upstream area
155 437,6km²
Discharge
2 896,52m³/s
Mean elev.
288m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Xingu1769 km²
- Bassin de Rio Xingu1138 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 266.4 km²72.5% of basin
- 101.2 km²27.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Menkragnotí
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
139.12 km² overlap
Parque Estadual Do Xingu
IUCN IIPark
100.80 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
2 124mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
672mm/an
PET
1 944mm
AET
1 386mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
110cm
Forest
85%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
65%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)