HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080667250
Bassin de آراز چایی - Araz
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 : Culfa, Marand, Ordubad
Sub-basin area
755,5km²
Upstream area
61 893km²
Discharge
107,14m³/s
Mean elev.
1 221m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de آراز چایی - Araz652 km²
- Bassin de آراز چایی - Araz20 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 355.9 km²47.1% of basin
- 248.8 km²32.9% of basin
- 151.4 km²20.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Kiamaky
IUCN IVWildlife Refuge
262.25 km² overlap
Zangezur-Agridag
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
243.39 km² overlap
State Nature Sanctuary
205.42 km² overlap
State Nature Sanctuary
23.18 km² overlap
Zangazur National Park
IUCN IINational Park
9.61 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
273 distinct species · 1 489 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 آراز چایی - Araz : 16 espèces reliées par 59 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 18.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
11,4°C
Annual rain
332mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,70
Runoff
93mm/an
PET
1 116mm
AET
288mm
Mean slope
9,1°
Water table
525cm
Forest
0%
Crops
26%
Urban
3%
Protected
66%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)