HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080820840
Bassin · #4080820840
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 : North Sikkim, Shigatse
Sub-basin area
852,4km²
Upstream area
852,4km²
Discharge
5,08m³/s
Mean elev.
4 864m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 850.8 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.3 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 18 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°
-0,4°C
Annual rain
285mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
231mm/an
PET
716mm
AET
261mm
Mean slope
9,6°
Water table
346cm
Forest
1%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)