HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080553530
Bassin de Rio São Francisco
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 4 administrative regions : Bom Jesus da Lapa, Macaúbas, Paratinga, Riacho de Santana
Sub-basin area
1 419,3km²
Upstream area
1 419,3km²
Discharge
10,2m³/s
Mean elev.
589m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 581.9 km²41.2% of basin
- 460.3 km²32.6% of basin
- 364.7 km²25.8% of basin
- 7.0 km²0.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
54 distinct species · 78 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
847mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
231mm/an
PET
1 817mm
AET
715mm
Mean slope
4,1°
Water table
278cm
Forest
51%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)