HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080758150
Bassin de Rio da Cachoeira
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 4 administrative regions : Camanducaia, Joanópolis, Piracaia, São José dos Campos
Sub-basin area
124,5km²
Upstream area
124,5km²
Discharge
2,48m³/s
Mean elev.
1 234m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- JoanópolisSão Paulo · Brazil123.1 km²99.2% of basin
- São José dos CamposSão Paulo · Brazil0.7 km²0.5% of basin
- 0.3 km²0.2% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.1% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Apa Sistema Cantareira
IUCN VEnvironmental Protection Area
123.12 km² overlap
Environmental Protection Area
123.12 km² overlap
Natural Heritage Private Reserve
0.37 km² overlap
Apa São Francisco Xavier
IUCN VEnvironmental Protection Area
0.22 km² overlap
Environmental Protection Area
0.20 km² overlap
Environmental Protection Area
0.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
278 distinct species · 1 906 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Rio da Cachoeira : 27 espèces reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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°
15,8°C
Annual rain
1 693mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,24
Runoff
619mm/an
PET
1 272mm
AET
1 121mm
Mean slope
12,8°
Water table
390cm
Forest
47%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)