HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080745360
Bassin · #4080745360
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
1 007,2km²
Upstream area
4 554,3km²
Discharge
12,21m³/s
Mean elev.
5 109m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #40807500001881 km²
- Bassin · #40807497801666 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 987.8 km²98.2% of basin
- 18.4 km²1.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 23 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°
-2,3°C
Annual rain
266mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,59
Runoff
133mm/an
PET
654mm
AET
248mm
Mean slope
10,2°
Water table
388cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
91%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)