HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080361180
Bassin · #4080361180
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alxa, Bayan-Öndör, Erdene, Jiuquan
Sub-basin area
1 398,2km²
Upstream area
6 147,8km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
1 253m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #4080361350651 km²
- Bassin · #4080361040636 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 678.1 km²48.4% of basin
- Bayan-Öndör551.3 km²39.4% of basin
- 152.8 km²10.9% of basin
- 18.3 km²1.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
698.84 km² overlap
Gobiin ikh /A/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
698.84 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
6,2°C
Annual rain
53mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 034mm
AET
57mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
237cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
43%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)