HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080052340

Bassin · #4080052340

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 : Ngari, Shigatse

Endorheic 29% lakePfafstetter: 49140301

Sub-basin area

3 667,4km²

Upstream area

3 667,4km²

Discharge

1,66m³/s

Mean elev.

4 906m

Administrative coverage

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Ngari
Xizang · China
3579.6 km²
97.7% of basin
Shigatse
Xizang · China
85.1 km²
2.3% of basin

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

2 distinct species · 22 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°

-2,3°C

Annual rain

207mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,69

Runoff

29mm/an

PET

665mm

AET

203mm

Mean slope

10,1°

Water table

275cm

Forest

Crops

Urban

Protected

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)