HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080053330
Bassin · #4080053330
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 1 administrative regions : Alxa
Sub-basin area
2 400,6km²
Upstream area
2 400,6km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
1 418m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2402.9 km²100.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Badain Jaran Desert - Towers of Sand and Lakes
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
309.35 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°
7,7°C
Annual rain
97mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,91
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
1 101mm
AET
91mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
424cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
29%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)