HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080256170
Bassin · #4080256170
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 : Altai, Tonkhil
Sub-basin area
1 421,3km²
Upstream area
8 835,2km²
Discharge
3,83m³/s
Mean elev.
1 563m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #40802565102012 km²
- Bassin · #40802568701370 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1313.9 km²92.2% of basin
- 110.6 km²7.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Gobiin ikh /B/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
1342.33 km² overlap
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1160.55 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 21 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°
3,6°C
Annual rain
97mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
23mm/an
PET
881mm
AET
102mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
55cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
82%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)