HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080357880
Bassin · #4080357880
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 : Alxa, Erdene
Sub-basin area
2 117,3km²
Upstream area
2 117,4km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
1 400m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2117.4 km²99.8% of basin
- 3.6 km²0.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
2105.95 km² overlap
Gobiin ikh /A/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
2105.95 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
32 distinct species · 54 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°
5,3°C
Annual rain
58mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,94
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
996mm
AET
63mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
304cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
96%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)