HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080630370
Bassin de Rio Urucuia
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 : Riachinho, Urucuia
Sub-basin area
294,4km²
Upstream area
18 623,7km²
Discharge
214,63m³/s
Mean elev.
527m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ribeirão dos Confins421 km²
- Bassin de Rio Urucuia212 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 176.8 km²60.3% of basin
- 116.6 km²39.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 19 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
1 137mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
339mm/an
PET
1 835mm
AET
961mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
95cm
Forest
3%
Crops
4%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)