HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080051800
Bassin · #4080051800
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 : Erdene, Jiuquan, Tsogt
Sub-basin area
4 837,8km²
Upstream area
4 837,8km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
1 556m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 4510.4 km²93.1% of basin
- 304.3 km²6.3% of basin
- 31.0 km²0.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
231.74 km² overlap
Gobiin ikh /A/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
231.74 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
5,2°C
Annual rain
65mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,93
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
985mm
AET
70mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
221cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)