HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080052230
Bassin · #4080052230
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 : Altai, Hami
Sub-basin area
3 853,7km²
Upstream area
3 854,1km²
Discharge
0,27m³/s
Mean elev.
1 333m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2730.7 km²70.7% of basin
- Hami1131.0 km²29.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
321.44 km² overlap
Gobiin ikh /A/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
321.44 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
25 distinct species · 29 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°
5,1°C
Annual rain
70mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,92
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
954mm
AET
76mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
98cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)