HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #3080655780
Bassin de Мерген
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 1 administrative regions : Kaa-Khemskiy rayon
Sub-basin area
388,8km²
Upstream area
389km²
Discharge
2,48m³/s
Mean elev.
1 198m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 390.3 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
SHanskij
IUCN IVState Natural Zakaznik
78.18 km² overlap
Derzigskij
IUCN IVState Natural Zakaznik
0.42 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
27 distinct species · 29 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°
-5,5°C
Annual rain
428mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
201mm/an
PET
655mm
AET
373mm
Mean slope
11,6°
Water table
250cm
Forest
93%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)