HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080057500
Bassin · #4080057500
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
800,9km²
Upstream area
800,9km²
Discharge
0,02m³/s
Mean elev.
4 996m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 539.6 km²67.4% of basin
- 261.4 km²32.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Qinghai Hoh Xil
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
254.65 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°
-7,3°C
Annual rain
147mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,69
Runoff
16mm/an
PET
483mm
AET
169mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
124cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)