HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080694340
Bassin de شهرچای
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 across 2 countries : Maraqeh, Orumiyeh, Shabestar, Şemdinli
Sub-basin area
625,5km²
Upstream area
625,5km²
Discharge
2,46m³/s
Mean elev.
1 894m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 559.4 km²89.4% of basin
- 29.3 km²4.7% of basin
- 23.2 km²3.7% of basin
- 14.0 km²2.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Lake Urmia [or Orumiyeh]
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
59.05 km² overlap
Lake Urmia [or Orumiyeh]
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
59.05 km² overlap
Urumieh lake
IUCN IINational Park
59.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
185 distinct species · 535 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 شهرچای : 26 espèces reliées par 70 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 8.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 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°
8,2°C
Annual rain
466mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,52
Runoff
112mm/an
PET
1 004mm
AET
397mm
Mean slope
12,6°
Water table
577cm
Forest
0%
Crops
19%
Urban
11%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)