HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080793990
Bassin de 湘江
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 : Yiyang, Yueyang
Sub-basin area
74,5km²
Upstream area
253 632,8km²
Discharge
6 396,85m³/s
Mean elev.
27m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de 草尾河1134 km²
- Bassin de 湘江23 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 53.4 km²71.8% of basin
- 21.0 km²28.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Dong dongting hu
IUCN IaWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
58.08 km² overlap
Nan Dongting Wetland & Waterfowl Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.19 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
17,3°C
Annual rain
1 322mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,20
Runoff
664mm/an
PET
1 060mm
AET
957mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
11cm
Forest
35%
Crops
31%
Urban
1%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)