HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080607810
Bassin · #4080607810
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 4 administrative regions : Kuran Wa Munjan, Mandol, Nuristan, Wama
Sub-basin area
723,8km²
Upstream area
723,8km²
Discharge
12,21m³/s
Mean elev.
3 882m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- WamaNuristan · Afghanistan696.3 km²96.2% of basin
- 16.6 km²2.3% of basin
- MandolNuristan · Afghanistan6.5 km²0.9% of basin
- NuristanNuristan · Afghanistan4.5 km²0.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Nuristan
IUCN IINational Park and Wildlife Reserve
723.86 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 9 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°
-0,3°C
Annual rain
1 009mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,40
Runoff
524mm/an
PET
597mm
AET
450mm
Mean slope
27,6°
Water table
868cm
Forest
10%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)