HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080573360
Bassin de Riacho das Lagoas
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 : Carinhanha, Serra do Ramalho, São Félix do Coribe
Sub-basin area
751,8km²
Upstream area
3 418,8km²
Discharge
19,71m³/s
Mean elev.
542m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Córrego Riachinho1438 km²
- Bassin de Riacho das Lagoas72 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 432.1 km²57.7% of basin
- 210.7 km²28.1% of basin
- 106.2 km²14.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
40 distinct species · 58 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
816mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,55
Runoff
172mm/an
PET
1 804mm
AET
688mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
143cm
Forest
15%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)