HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080471380
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 3 administrative regions : Peixoto de Azevedo, Santa Cruz do Xingu, São Félix do Xingu
Sub-basin area
1 138km²
Upstream area
153 300,1km²
Discharge
2 845,27m³/s
Mean elev.
308m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Xingu285 km²
- Bassin · #6080480520215 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 668.8 km²59.0% of basin
- 447.0 km²39.4% of basin
- 17.5 km²1.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Parque Estadual Do Xingu
IUCN IIPark
453.58 km² overlap
Menkragnotí
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
319.49 km² overlap
Capoto/Jarina
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
218.53 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
435 distinct species · 760 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
2 177mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
725mm/an
PET
1 946mm
AET
1 392mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
149cm
Forest
94%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
87%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)