HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080334870
Bassin · #4080334870
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
178,4km²
Upstream area
7 409,2km²
Discharge
3m³/s
Mean elev.
706m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #40803396102139 km²
- Bassin · #4080339600188 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Hami95.0 km²53.1% of basin
- 83.8 km²46.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
91.09 km² overlap
Gobiin ikh /A/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
91.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
8,9°C
Annual rain
37mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
20mm/an
PET
1 146mm
AET
40mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
346cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
29%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)