HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080556820
Bassin de Khunjerāb River
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 across 2 countries : Kashgar, Northern Areas
Sub-basin area
1 082,2km²
Upstream area
1 082,2km²
Discharge
0,85m³/s
Mean elev.
4 850m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1039.1 km²96.0% of basin
- Kashgar43.4 km²4.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Khunjerab National Park
IUCN IINational Park (NP)
1035.33 km² overlap
Central Karakuram National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park (NP)
701.62 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
287 distinct species · 1 041 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Khunjerāb River : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 54 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-6,5°C
Annual rain
93mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,79
Runoff
26mm/an
PET
475mm
AET
128mm
Mean slope
28,1°
Water table
851cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
98%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)