HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080562950
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 2 administrative regions : Cocalinho, Ribeirão Cascalheira
Sub-basin area
533,3km²
Upstream area
48 692,8km²
Discharge
873,21m³/s
Mean elev.
231m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio das Mortes1067 km²
- Bassin de Rio das Mortes1027 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 381.5 km²71.8% of basin
- 149.8 km²28.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Pimentel Barbosa
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
374.87 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 18 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
1 576mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
477mm/an
PET
1 868mm
AET
1 205mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
9cm
Forest
30%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
70%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)