HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080447110
Bassin · #4080447110
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
66,1km²
Upstream area
5 936,3km²
Discharge
0,63m³/s
Mean elev.
857m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #40804476101412 km²
- Bassin · #4080447800387 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 62.1 km²93.9% of basin
- 4.0 km²6.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Gansu Dunhuang Xihu Wetlands
IUCN IbWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
66.13 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°
11,6°C
Annual rain
17mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
1 327mm
AET
18mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
18cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)