HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080848620
Bassin de Rio Jacuí
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 : Cachoeira do Sul, Restinga Sêca, São Sepé
Sub-basin area
60km²
Upstream area
10 079,7km²
Discharge
276,05m³/s
Mean elev.
37m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Arroio Santa Bárbara1639 km²
- Bassin de Rio Vacacaí102 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 43.0 km²71.9% of basin
- 15.4 km²25.7% of basin
- 1.5 km²2.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 17 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°
19,6°C
Annual rain
1 453mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
925mm/an
PET
1 330mm
AET
1 139mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
43cm
Forest
38%
Crops
18%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)