HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080835970
Bassin · #4080835970
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lunana, Sephu, Shannan
Sub-basin area
284,9km²
Upstream area
284,9km²
Discharge
3,61m³/s
Mean elev.
5 039m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 152.6 km²53.6% of basin
- 131.9 km²46.4% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
National Park
283.96 km² overlap
Jigme Dorji National Park
IUCN IINational Park
0.45 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 19 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°
-1,0°C
Annual rain
336mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
437mm/an
PET
679mm
AET
303mm
Mean slope
21,0°
Water table
862cm
Forest
18%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)