HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080444460
Bassin · #4080444460
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
517,4km²
Upstream area
10 267,2km²
Discharge
0,65m³/s
Mean elev.
935m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #408044711066 km²
- Bassin · #40804471009 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 516.9 km²99.8% of basin
- 1.1 km²0.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Gansu Dunhuang Xihu Wetlands
IUCN IbWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
5.40 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
11,2°C
Annual rain
17mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 309mm
AET
19mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
169cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
68%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)