HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080277620
Bassin · #4080277620
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 : Altai, Hami
Sub-basin area
615km²
Upstream area
6 309,9km²
Discharge
4,83m³/s
Mean elev.
1 135m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #40802774201169 km²
- Bassin · #4080277170141 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Hami386.6 km²62.7% of basin
- 229.7 km²37.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
165.49 km² overlap
Gobiin ikh /B/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
163.73 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 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°
5,7°C
Annual rain
84mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,91
Runoff
33mm/an
PET
978mm
AET
86mm
Mean slope
7,5°
Water table
146cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
14%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)