HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080358120
Bassin · #4080358120
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 : Alxa, Erdene, Jiuquan
Sub-basin area
1 344,7km²
Upstream area
1 344,7km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
1 415m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 818.3 km²60.8% of basin
- 454.2 km²33.7% of basin
- 74.5 km²5.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
26.73 km² overlap
Gobiin ikh /A/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
26.73 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
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
5,7°C
Annual rain
60mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,94
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 012mm
AET
64mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
192cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)