HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080663270
Bassin de Rio Piracanjuba
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 : Caldas Novas, Piracanjuba, Rio Quente
Sub-basin area
161,6km²
Upstream area
161,8km²
Discharge
1,81m³/s
Mean elev.
693m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Caldas NovasGoiás · Brazil160.7 km²99.8% of basin
- PiracanjubaGoiás · Brazil0.4 km²0.2% of basin
- Rio QuenteGoiás · Brazil0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 25 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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
1 335mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
353mm/an
PET
1 790mm
AET
1 125mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
225cm
Forest
0%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)