HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080700820
Bassin de Rio São Francisco
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 : Bom Despacho, Dores do Indaiá, Luz
Sub-basin area
5,1km²
Upstream area
10 774,8km²
Discharge
142,25m³/s
Mean elev.
631m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ribeirão Jorge Pequeno470 km²
- Bassin de Ribeirão Doce449 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 3.3 km²64.8% of basin
- 1.8 km²35.1% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
1 378mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
383mm/an
PET
1 718mm
AET
1 135mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
39cm
Forest
0%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)