HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080361570
Bassin · #4080361570
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, Bayan-Öndör, Erdene
Sub-basin area
1 079km²
Upstream area
1 079,3km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
1 479m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Bayan-Öndör963.6 km²89.1% of basin
- 105.6 km²9.8% of basin
- 11.8 km²1.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1070.53 km² overlap
Gobiin ikh /A/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
1070.53 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 4 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°
4,7°C
Annual rain
62mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,94
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
966mm
AET
68mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
257cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
98%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)