HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080705630
Bassin de گادار چایی
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 : Mahabad, Miyandoab
Sub-basin area
49,6km²
Upstream area
3 542,8km²
Discharge
21,54m³/s
Mean elev.
1 274m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de رودخانه مهاباد1371 km²
- Bassin de گادار چایی26 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 33.8 km²68.1% of basin
- 15.8 km²31.9% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Urumieh lake
IUCN IINational Park
0.51 km² overlap
Lake Urmia [or Orumiyeh]
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.47 km² overlap
Lake Urmia [or Orumiyeh]
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
0.47 km² overlap
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°
12,1°C
Annual rain
418mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
111mm/an
PET
1 209mm
AET
357mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
17cm
Forest
0%
Crops
43%
Urban
2%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)