HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080050930
Bassin · #4080050930
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 : Alxa, Bayan-Öndör
Sub-basin area
2 285,6km²
Upstream area
10 194,6km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
1 328m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #40803615701079 km²
- Bassin · #408036156013 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1277.6 km²55.8% of basin
- Bayan-Öndör1011.8 km²44.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
991.46 km² overlap
Gobiin ikh /A/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
991.46 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
5,8°C
Annual rain
57mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,94
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 015mm
AET
61mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
227cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
38%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)