HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080499520
Bassin · #6080499520
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 : Peixoto de Azevedo, São José do Xingu
Sub-basin area
293,2km²
Upstream area
293,2km²
Discharge
6,49m³/s
Mean elev.
319m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 291.2 km²99.7% of basin
- 0.8 km²0.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Capoto/Jarina
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
127.12 km² overlap
Parque do Xingu
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
4.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 7 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 198mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
697mm/an
PET
1 955mm
AET
1 385mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
96cm
Forest
75%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
45%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)