HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080055720
Bassin · #4080055720
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Altai, Erdene, Hami, Jiuquan, Tsogt
Sub-basin area
1 178,3km²
Upstream area
1 178,6km²
Discharge
0,05m³/s
Mean elev.
1 404m
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 629.3 km²53.3% of basin
- 421.9 km²35.7% of basin
- Hami116.5 km²9.9% of basin
- 12.3 km²1.0% of basin
- 0.3 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
986.18 km² overlap
Gobiin ikh /A/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
986.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 15 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°
5,6°C
Annual rain
58mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,94
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 000mm
AET
63mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
308cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
82%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)