HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080570730
Bassin · #4080570730
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 3 administrative regions : Bayin'gholin Mongol, Gyêgu Tibetan, Haixi Mongol and Tibetan
Sub-basin area
542,4km²
Upstream area
542,4km²
Discharge
0,23m³/s
Mean elev.
4 941m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 472.4 km²87.1% of basin
- 70.0 km²12.9% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Qinghai Hoh Xil
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.63 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 20 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°
-7,4°C
Annual rain
153mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,68
Runoff
19mm/an
PET
474mm
AET
174mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
73cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
96%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)