HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #3080717520
Bassin · #3080717520
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 : Otgon, Tosontsengel, Tsakhir
Sub-basin area
320,8km²
Upstream area
320,9km²
Discharge
0,37m³/s
Mean elev.
2 611m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 307.4 km²95.6% of basin
- 10.0 km²3.1% of basin
- 4.3 km²1.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Tarvagatain nuruu
IUCN IINational Park
64.09 km² overlap
Otgontenger
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
0.55 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
-7,4°C
Annual rain
230mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
33mm/an
PET
556mm
AET
226mm
Mean slope
9,3°
Water table
278cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)