HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080745910
Bassin de Rio São João
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 across 2 countries : Dourados, Pedro Juan Caballero, Ponta Porã
Sub-basin area
1 173,1km²
Upstream area
1 173,1km²
Discharge
13,51m³/s
Mean elev.
546m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1157.2 km²98.9% of basin
- 12.0 km²1.0% of basin
- 0.9 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
191 distinct species · 459 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°
22,2°C
Annual rain
1 470mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
339mm/an
PET
1 599mm
AET
1 245mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
227cm
Forest
9%
Crops
26%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)