HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080844140
Bassin de Ghunsa
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 3 countries : Mechi, North Sikkim, Shigatse
Sub-basin area
746,1km²
Upstream area
746,3km²
Discharge
40,63m³/s
Mean elev.
5 067m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 739.7 km²99.3% of basin
- 4.6 km²0.6% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Kanchanjunga
IUCN VIConservation Area
739.66 km² overlap
Khangchendzonga National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.87 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
725 distinct species · 1 702 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Ghunsa : 20 espèces reliées par 32 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
-1,8°C
Annual rain
526mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
1 331mm/an
PET
631mm
AET
408mm
Mean slope
29,1°
Water table
1 008cm
Forest
21%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)