HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080849050
Bassin de Rio Vacacaí
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 : Formigueiro, Restinga Sêca, São Sepé
Sub-basin area
102km²
Upstream area
8 380,4km²
Discharge
227,55m³/s
Mean elev.
44m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio São Sepé1274 km²
- Bassin de Rio Vacacaí502 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 49.5 km²48.5% of basin
- 48.1 km²47.2% of basin
- 4.3 km²4.2% 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°
19,5°C
Annual rain
1 481mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,10
Runoff
936mm/an
PET
1 334mm
AET
1 146mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
64cm
Forest
16%
Crops
22%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)