HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080672950
Bassin de Rio Urupuca
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 : Itambacuri, Água Boa
Sub-basin area
77km²
Upstream area
1 938,9km²
Discharge
17,86m³/s
Mean elev.
334m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ribeirão Santa Cruz733 km²
- Bassin de Rio Urupuca211 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 44.8 km²58.5% of basin
- Água Boa31.9 km²41.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
23,3°C
Annual rain
1 122mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
310mm/an
PET
1 695mm
AET
950mm
Mean slope
9,1°
Water table
353cm
Forest
1%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)