HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080594790
Bassin de Rio Maranhão
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 : Barro Alto, Niquelândia, Santa Rita do Novo Destino, Vila Propício
Sub-basin area
1 821,9km²
Upstream area
15 699,5km²
Discharge
235,42m³/s
Mean elev.
600m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio dos Patos2371 km²
- Bassin de Rio Maranhão941 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NiquelândiaGoiás · Brazil1258.2 km²69.3% of basin
- Barro AltoGoiás · Brazil450.9 km²24.8% of basin
- Santa Rita do Novo DestinoGoiás · Brazil105.8 km²5.8% of basin
- Vila PropícioGoiás · Brazil0.3 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
696 distinct species · 10 035 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Rio Maranhão : 17 espèces reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,6°C
Annual rain
1 586mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
555mm/an
PET
1 605mm
AET
1 133mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
191cm
Forest
11%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)