HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080326930
Bassin · #4080326930
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 : Altai, Hami, Tsogt
Sub-basin area
1 358,7km²
Upstream area
1 358,7km²
Discharge
0,73m³/s
Mean elev.
949m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 673.4 km²49.5% of basin
- 355.0 km²26.1% of basin
- Hami332.8 km²24.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1040.54 km² overlap
Gobiin ikh /A/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
1040.54 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
7,4°C
Annual rain
45mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,96
Runoff
19mm/an
PET
1 080mm
AET
49mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
336cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
72%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)