HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080481130
Bassin · #4080481130
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 : Alxa, Zhangye
Sub-basin area
750,5km²
Upstream area
750,5km²
Discharge
0,37m³/s
Mean elev.
2 002m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 444.1 km²59.1% of basin
- 307.0 km²40.9% 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°
5,0°C
Annual rain
179mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,81
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
965mm
AET
165mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
322cm
Forest
0%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)