HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080658840
Bassin de Kızılca Çayı
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 : Hınıs, Varto
Sub-basin area
335,5km²
Upstream area
335,6km²
Discharge
3,22m³/s
Mean elev.
1 986m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 183.2 km²54.6% of basin
- 152.6 km²45.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
33 distinct species · 49 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°
6,1°C
Annual rain
667mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
303mm/an
PET
916mm
AET
544mm
Mean slope
7,8°
Water table
261cm
Forest
0%
Crops
50%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)