HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080726230
Bassin · #4080726230
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 : Lhasa, Nagchu
Sub-basin area
1 328,9km²
Upstream area
1 328,9km²
Discharge
1,39m³/s
Mean elev.
4 844m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1253.7 km²94.4% of basin
- 74.0 km²5.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Tibet Selincuo Wetlands
IUCN IaWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2.47 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 15 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°
-1,9°C
Annual rain
311mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,54
Runoff
124mm/an
PET
673mm
AET
283mm
Mean slope
5,9°
Water table
232cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
72%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)