HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080435810
Bassin · #4080435810
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 : Bayin'gholin Mongol, Jiuquan
Sub-basin area
560,3km²
Upstream area
2 841,1km²
Discharge
0,36m³/s
Mean elev.
984m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #40804368501312 km²
- Bassin · #4080437070969 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 411.1 km²73.3% of basin
- 149.8 km²26.7% of basin
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°
10,6°C
Annual rain
24mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 274mm
AET
25mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
240cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
33%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)