HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080570850
Bassin · #4080570850
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
1 163,3km²
Upstream area
1 163,5km²
Discharge
0,55m³/s
Mean elev.
5 064m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1099.0 km²94.5% of basin
- 64.1 km²5.5% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Qinghai Hoh Xil
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
67.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 8 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°
-7,9°C
Annual rain
162mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
25mm/an
PET
453mm
AET
181mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
130cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)