HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080641880
Bassin de Rio Vacaria
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 5 administrative regions : Coronel Murta, Josenópolis, Padre Carvalho, Rubelita, Virgem da Lapa
Sub-basin area
396,9km²
Upstream area
3 148,3km²
Discharge
15,31m³/s
Mean elev.
647m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Vacaria292 km²
- Bassin de Rio Vacaria245 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 111.1 km²28.1% of basin
- 109.4 km²27.6% of basin
- 99.3 km²25.1% of basin
- 75.0 km²19.0% of basin
- 0.8 km²0.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
92 distinct species · 189 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°
21,9°C
Annual rain
936mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
122mm/an
PET
1 714mm
AET
790mm
Mean slope
8,1°
Water table
431cm
Forest
24%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)