HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080260850
Bassin · #4080260850
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 across 2 countries : Erdenetsagaan, Xilin Gol
Sub-basin area
1 499,9km²
Upstream area
1 499,9km²
Discharge
0,03m³/s
Mean elev.
1 125m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1376.3 km²91.5% of basin
- 127.1 km²8.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lkhachinvandad uul
IUCN IVNature Reserve
73.17 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 9 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°
0,2°C
Annual rain
268mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,66
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
799mm
AET
246mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
86cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)