HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080748000
Bassin de Saraswati
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 : Chamoli, Ngari, Uttarkashi
Sub-basin area
1 569,8km²
Upstream area
1 570km²
Discharge
57,98m³/s
Mean elev.
4 730m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Chamoli1557.0 km²99.3% of basin
- 10.4 km²0.7% of basin
- 1.0 km²0.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Nanda Devi
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1333.39 km² overlap
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
84.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
741 distinct species · 6 041 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Saraswati : 17 espèces reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-0,8°C
Annual rain
926mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,33
Runoff
1 076mm/an
PET
614mm
AET
566mm
Mean slope
27,3°
Water table
780cm
Forest
10%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)