HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080368530
Bassin · #4080368530
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, Shinejinst
Sub-basin area
454,9km²
Upstream area
10 006,2km²
Discharge
0,45m³/s
Mean elev.
1 288m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #4080366900536 km²
- Bassin · #4080366430508 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 245.4 km²53.8% of basin
- 156.5 km²34.4% of basin
- Bayan-Öndör53.8 km²11.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Great Gobi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
205.94 km² overlap
Gobiin ikh /A/
IUCN IbStrictly Protected Area
205.94 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°
5,9°C
Annual rain
56mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,94
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
1 017mm
AET
60mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
230cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)