HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080577170
Bassin de Balkh
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 : Dara-i-Suf, Kishindih, Sholgara
Sub-basin area
205,8km²
Upstream area
3 212km²
Discharge
3,48m³/s
Mean elev.
1 113m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #4080580410248 km²
- Bassin · #4080580310154 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- SholgaraBalkh · Afghanistan105.9 km²51.4% of basin
- KishindihBalkh · Afghanistan77.3 km²37.6% of basin
- 22.6 km²11.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
13,4°C
Annual rain
222mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,83
Runoff
17mm/an
PET
1 311mm
AET
191mm
Mean slope
9,9°
Water table
669cm
Forest
0%
Crops
51%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)