HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080773090
Bassin de 金沙江
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 : Chamdo, Garzê Tibetan
Sub-basin area
483,3km²
Upstream area
179 587,5km²
Discharge
792,41m³/s
Mean elev.
4 058m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de 金沙江5326 km²
- Bassin de 曲戈河3262 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 331.2 km²68.6% of basin
- 151.5 km²31.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
24 distinct species · 60 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°
3,6°C
Annual rain
540mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
228mm/an
PET
885mm
AET
462mm
Mean slope
24,5°
Water table
841cm
Forest
53%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)