HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080546690
Bassin de Rio Riachão
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 : Boquira, Ibitiara, Oliveira dos Brejinhos
Sub-basin area
246,9km²
Upstream area
8 491km²
Discharge
51,72m³/s
Mean elev.
565m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Paramirim456 km²
- Bassin de Riacho Santa Rosa401 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 175.4 km²71.3% of basin
- 58.3 km²23.7% of basin
- 12.3 km²5.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 9 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
704mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,62
Runoff
196mm/an
PET
1 860mm
AET
593mm
Mean slope
3,4°
Water table
209cm
Forest
20%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)