HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080844410
Bassin de Umaram Chu
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 : North Sikkim, West Sikkim
Sub-basin area
673,5km²
Upstream area
673,5km²
Discharge
19,9m³/s
Mean elev.
3 617m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 672.4 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Khangchendzonga National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
517.45 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 845 distinct species · 4 399 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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 Umaram Chu : 15 espèces reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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°
4,8°C
Annual rain
989mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
981mm/an
PET
866mm
AET
627mm
Mean slope
31,9°
Water table
610cm
Forest
55%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
79%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)