HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080448180
Bassin · #4080448180
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 : Jiayuguan, Jiuquan
Sub-basin area
786,9km²
Upstream area
786,9km²
Discharge
0,07m³/s
Mean elev.
1 404m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 556.0 km²70.6% of basin
- 231.7 km²29.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 12 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°
8,5°C
Annual rain
80mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,92
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
1 069mm
AET
78mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
95cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)