HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080807200
Bassin · #2080807200
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 : Kang, Lash Wa Juwayn, Zabol, Zaranj
Sub-basin area
782,7km²
Upstream area
192 283,5km²
Discharge
509,74m³/s
Mean elev.
479m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de هلمند رود3124 km²
- Bassin · #2080816220420 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 368.2 km²47.1% of basin
- 357.1 km²45.7% of basin
- 43.4 km²5.6% of basin
- 13.2 km²1.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Hamun-e-Puzak, south end
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
94.22 km² overlap
Hamoun
IUCN VProtected Area
76.58 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 13 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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
54mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
7mm/an
PET
1 793mm
AET
42mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
10cm
Forest
1%
Crops
31%
Urban
1%
Protected
10%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)