HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080745280
Bassin de Ribeirão do Capitão
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 : Bom Jardim, Nova Friburgo
Sub-basin area
247,1km²
Upstream area
247,1km²
Discharge
4,24m³/s
Mean elev.
932m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Bom JardimRio de Janeiro · Brazil129.1 km²52.4% of basin
- Nova FriburgoRio de Janeiro · Brazil117.3 km²47.6% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Refúgio de Vida Silvestre Amparo
IUCN IIIWildlife Refuge
10.34 km² overlap
Environmental Protection Area
0.45 km² overlap
Natural Heritage Private Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
Natural Heritage Private Reserve
0.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 332 distinct species · 51 877 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 12 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Ribeirão do Capitão : 10 espèces reliées par 10 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 15.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
18,3°C
Annual rain
1 443mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
541mm/an
PET
1 337mm
AET
1 110mm
Mean slope
14,7°
Water table
548cm
Forest
6%
Crops
9%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)