HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080277840
Bassin · #4080277840
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
521,5km²
Upstream area
521,5km²
Discharge
0,65m³/s
Mean elev.
1 634m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 350.8 km²67.1% of basin
- Hami171.9 km²32.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
386.87 km² overlap
Gobiin ikh /B/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
381.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
17 distinct species · 28 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°
3,5°C
Annual rain
112mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,87
Runoff
34mm/an
PET
872mm
AET
114mm
Mean slope
8,8°
Water table
203cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
58%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)