HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080804950
Bassin · #4080804950
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 : Dêqên Tibetan, Garzê Tibetan
Sub-basin area
259,6km²
Upstream area
259,6km²
Discharge
3,04m³/s
Mean elev.
4 320m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 258.1 km²99.6% of basin
- 1.2 km²0.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
102.50 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 4 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°
1,5°C
Annual rain
702mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
369mm/an
PET
762mm
AET
547mm
Mean slope
24,9°
Water table
1 021cm
Forest
16%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)