HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080056090
Bassin · #4080056090
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 4 administrative regions : Choibalsan, Dashbalbar, Gurvanzagal, Sergelen
Sub-basin area
1 089,2km²
Upstream area
1 089,2km²
Discharge
0,33m³/s
Mean elev.
794m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1066.7 km²97.6% of basin
- 16.9 km²1.5% of basin
- 6.9 km²0.6% of basin
- 2.2 km²0.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Yakhi nuur
IUCN IVNature Reserve
926.37 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 13 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°
0,3°C
Annual rain
213mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
11mm/an
PET
761mm
AET
203mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
68cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
85%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)