HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080666090
Bassin de Zara Chu
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 across 2 countries : Kargil, Lahul & Spiti, Leh (Ladakh)
Sub-basin area
2 061,8km²
Upstream area
2 061,8km²
Discharge
42,57m³/s
Mean elev.
5 019m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1884.0 km²91.4% of basin
- 176.8 km²8.6% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
559 distinct species · 6 831 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Zara Chu : 24 espèces + 0 bulles famille, 21 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 7.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-4,1°C
Annual rain
199mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
730mm/an
PET
557mm
AET
200mm
Mean slope
20,5°
Water table
564cm
Forest
1%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)