HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #3080672560
Bassin de Кош-Терек
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 : Ovyurskiy rayon, Tes, Tes-Khemskiy rayon
Sub-basin area
302,8km²
Upstream area
302,8km²
Discharge
0,52m³/s
Mean elev.
797m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 181.6 km²59.8% of basin
- 94.4 km²31.0% of basin
- 27.9 km²9.2% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Uvs Nuur Basin
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
276.54 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
145.61 km² overlap
Ubsunorskaya Kotlovina
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
122.71 km² overlap
Uvs nuur
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
38.50 km² overlap
Uvs Nuur Basin
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
29.70 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
-2,8°C
Annual rain
288mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
54mm/an
PET
743mm
AET
262mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
1cm
Forest
2%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
58%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)