HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080577680
Bassin · #4080577680
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 : Bayin'gholin Mongol, Gyêgu Tibetan
Sub-basin area
861,6km²
Upstream area
861,7km²
Discharge
0,22m³/s
Mean elev.
5 048m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 450.5 km²52.3% of basin
- 411.2 km²47.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Qinghai Hoh Xil
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
465.94 km² overlap
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°
-7,8°C
Annual rain
153mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,67
Runoff
13mm/an
PET
462mm
AET
174mm
Mean slope
6,4°
Water table
148cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)