HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080215290
Bassin · #4080215290
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Erdenetsagaan, Matad, Xilin Gol
Sub-basin area
1 460,9km²
Upstream area
77 578km²
Discharge
30,59m³/s
Mean elev.
816m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #40802284601230 km²
- Bassin · #4080228290893 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 634.8 km²43.3% of basin
- 553.6 km²37.8% of basin
- 276.2 km²18.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Dornod Mongol
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1120.14 km² overlap
Dornod Mongol
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
1032.86 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 29 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°
0,7°C
Annual rain
233mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,71
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
813mm
AET
217mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
63cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
71%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)