HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #3080696910
Bassin de Қалмақша
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 across 2 countries : Katon-Karagayskiy, Kosh-Agachskiy rayon
Sub-basin area
409,5km²
Upstream area
409,6km²
Discharge
8,36m³/s
Mean elev.
2 099m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 383.2 km²93.3% of basin
- 27.6 km²6.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
State National Nature Park
407.51 km² overlap
Golden Mountains of Altai
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
31.26 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 9 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°
-3,2°C
Annual rain
418mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
650mm/an
PET
571mm
AET
364mm
Mean slope
19,2°
Water table
533cm
Forest
13%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
71%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)