HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080516300
Bassin · #4080516300
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 : Haibei Tibetan, Haixi Mongol and Tibetan
Sub-basin area
543,3km²
Upstream area
543,3km²
Discharge
1,3m³/s
Mean elev.
4 008m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 296.3 km²54.5% of basin
- 247.3 km²45.5% 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°
-4,6°C
Annual rain
350mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
69mm/an
PET
532mm
AET
317mm
Mean slope
6,9°
Water table
221cm
Forest
1%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)