HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080527670
Bassin de Rio das Mortes
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 : Formoso do Araguaia, Novo Santo Antônio, São Félix do Araguaia
Sub-basin area
112,1km²
Upstream area
61 613,3km²
Discharge
900,82m³/s
Mean elev.
195m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Riozinho1436 km²
- Bassin de Rio das Mortes605 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 57.6 km²51.6% of basin
- 53.7 km²48.1% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Parque Estadual Do Araguaiaa
IUCN IIPark
37.24 km² overlap
Parque do Araguaia
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
0.07 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°
27,5°C
Annual rain
1 741mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
763mm/an
PET
1 891mm
AET
1 261mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
4cm
Forest
14%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)