HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080053780
Bassin · #4080053780
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 : Gyêgu Tibetan, Nagchu
Sub-basin area
2 018,4km²
Upstream area
2 018,6km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
5 039m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2014.2 km²99.8% of basin
- 4.5 km²0.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Qinghai Hoh Xil
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
2011.17 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
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-7,4°C
Annual rain
164mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
30mm/an
PET
474mm
AET
181mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
127cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)