HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080667150
Bassin de Kargiakh 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
819,1km²
Upstream area
819,1km²
Discharge
24,72m³/s
Mean elev.
5 055m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 795.8 km²97.2% of basin
- 11.6 km²1.4% of basin
- 11.3 km²1.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
959 distinct species · 3 252 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 10 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 Kargiakh Chu : 10 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 0 bulles famille, 6 interactions GloBI documentées sur 1 type (connectance 13.3%, 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°
-4,4°C
Annual rain
270mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
947mm/an
PET
519mm
AET
251mm
Mean slope
25,2°
Water table
769cm
Forest
5%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)