HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080061480
Bassin · #4080061480
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 : Erdene, Tsogt
Sub-basin area
516,9km²
Upstream area
516,9km²
Discharge
0,02m³/s
Mean elev.
1 432m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 478.4 km²92.4% of basin
- 39.5 km²7.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
517.87 km² overlap
Gobiin ikh /A/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
517.87 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 4 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°
4,9°C
Annual rain
60mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,94
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
977mm
AET
65mm
Mean slope
3,9°
Water table
283cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)