HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #3080681710
Bassin · #3080681710
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 : Malchin, Tes, Züüngovi
Sub-basin area
581,6km²
Upstream area
6 953,3km²
Discharge
4,36m³/s
Mean elev.
931m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #3080685580937 km²
- Bassin · #3080685680316 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 446.9 km²76.6% of basin
- 89.1 km²15.3% of basin
- 47.7 km²8.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Uvs Nuur Basin
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
5.82 km² overlap
Uvs nuur
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
5.82 km² overlap
Uvs Nuur Basin
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
5.78 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 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°
-2,9°C
Annual rain
210mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
16mm/an
PET
743mm
AET
201mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
33cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)