HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080577980
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 1 administrative regions : Carinhanha
Sub-basin area
72,1km²
Upstream area
1 229,6km²
Discharge
6,56m³/s
Mean elev.
452m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Riacho das Lagoas232 km²
- Bassin de Riacho das Lagoas131 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 71.8 km²100.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 4 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
759mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
150mm/an
PET
1 816mm
AET
640mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
44cm
Forest
1%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)