HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080690510
Bassin · #4080690510
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 : Chamdo, Gyêgu Tibetan, Nagchu
Sub-basin area
913,5km²
Upstream area
913,5km²
Discharge
3,87m³/s
Mean elev.
4 876m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 501.1 km²54.9% of basin
- 408.7 km²44.8% of basin
- 3.1 km²0.3% 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°
-2,7°C
Annual rain
527mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
162mm/an
PET
618mm
AET
452mm
Mean slope
17,9°
Water table
620cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
45%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)