HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080773770
Bassin de སྐྱ་དཀྲུགས
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 across 2 countries : Karnali, Shigatse
Sub-basin area
1 012,7km²
Upstream area
1 012,7km²
Discharge
8,61m³/s
Mean elev.
5 000m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1007.2 km²99.6% of basin
- 4.4 km²0.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Shey-Phoksundo - Buffer Zone
IUCN VINational Park - Buffer Zone
2.64 km² overlap
Shey-Phoksundo
IUCN IINational Park
1.84 km² overlap
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°
-1,6°C
Annual rain
539mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
291mm/an
PET
622mm
AET
457mm
Mean slope
10,5°
Water table
380cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)