HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080444220
Bassin · #4080444220
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
1 751,9km²
Upstream area
79 017,1km²
Discharge
26,49m³/s
Mean elev.
1 109m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #4080441890360 km²
- Bassin · #4080442160218 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1712.0 km²97.6% of basin
- 41.8 km²2.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Gansu Dunhuang Xihu Wetlands
IUCN IbWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
515.36 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
10,2°C
Annual rain
26mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 262mm
AET
27mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
159cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
60%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)